Sentence examples similar to bore not to from inspiring English sources

I can't bear not to be.

We couldn't bear not to be in contact.

It all sounded so interesting that I could not bear not to volunteer.

Planning turned out to consist of deciding what I could bear not to do.

(No child playing hide-and-seek can bear not to be found for long).

And he'll quit the stage reluctantly, because he can't bear not to occupy the very center of it.

Also — a common problem with heavily researched books — he found out things he couldn't bear not to use.

His eyes were bloodshot, his face still puffy from sleep, but he couldn't bear not to see these feathers.

Famous women hide when they are pregnant because they can't bear not to have perfect bodies.

I couldn't bear not to say goodnight to you.

In effect, the chair's resources become a burden to bear, not power to relish.