Sentence examples for bears thinking of from inspiring English sources

(A thought that one could see crossing the mind of the grim Bill Belichick the other day, though the idea of Belichick being even grimmer in defeat than he is in victory is itself so grim that it hardly bears thinking of).

This is the danger that does not bear thinking of, though of course she has thought about it herself.

Well, the Flyers are tough and good and, in an irony that doesn't bear thinking of, actually have a brilliant trio of Québécois — Gagne, Briere, and Giroux — which is more than the Habs do now.

Indeed, had Bill Clinton been early in his second term in September , 2001 facing a crisis that called on his gift for empathy and international leadership, while forcing him beyond his often ineffectual use of power — well, it doesn't bear thinking of.

In the end, perhaps one of the most revealing character sketches here is a short section on Private Eye, which for some years ran a column called "The Life of Dr Jonathan", casting Miller ("the Great Doctor") as a latterday Johnson, dilating at length to "importunate savants" on "topics too awful and profound to bear thinking of".

By Brendan Gill The New Yorker, January 3 , 1959P. 17...Our annual message to time is "Slow down!" & its annual retort is "Faster, faster!" Lately, we've reached the point where we resent even those little accidents of efficiency that jostle us into a future too far off to bear thinking of.

It does not bear thinking of (hockey not being an Olympic sport).

It hardly bears thinking about.

That capacity bears thinking about.

It hardly bears thinking about, does it?

The alternative hardly bears thinking about!