Sentence examples for bears an old from inspiring English sources

Alatriste, who still bears an old wound from his service in Flanders, sends Íñigo to find a priest for a man he has just felled, his shoulder "shattered … [with] splinters of his clavicle … protruding from the wound", and finds himself "arms heavy as lead … blinded by blood" only a paragraph or two into a brawl against five adversaries.

So he travels to Tennessee to get in touch with his heritage and soon finds himself working to reunite the Country Bears, an old rock band that broke up long ago.

This European rapprochement is strongly resisted by Putin, who wants a Eurasian Union that bears an eerie likeness to the old Soviet Union.

From there it continues to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe which, with its wooden galleries and candle chandeliers, bears an uncanny resemblance to the old synagogue on London's Princelet Street where we once dreamed of performing the original show.

If the hubbub seemed like a lot to bear for an old building waiting its turn as an ingénue, it was.

Photo: The 21st-century N.F.L. bears a striking resemblance to an old episode of "The Jetsons," a futuristic cartoon series.

While Chomsky should certainly not be confused for a Marxist, his approach to ideology bears a resemblance to the old Marxist notion of false consciousness, the idea that people have been deluded by the propaganda of their rulers and must be awakened from their slumber if they are to see the world for what it really is.

The collective strategy, he says, bears a resemblance to the old GOP campaigns -- running culture war strategy, burnishing the military aspect.

Kyle Jarrow is twenty-three years old and bears a passing resemblance to Dennis the Menace.

By Liesl Schillinger Kyle Jarrow is twenty-three years old and bears a passing resemblance to Dennis the Menace.

The bootlid has been given a touch of the Chris Bangle treatment, so it bears a glancing resemblance to the old BMW 7-series' least attractive feature.