Sentence examples for cannot bear to have from inspiring English sources

Are we so insecure in our views that we cannot bear to have them challenged?

Little wonder they cannot bear to have Galloway in their sight.

Quick!" He cannot bear to have her look at him because her gaze, he says, is burning him.

We might surmise the PGA cannot bear to have its sense of proportion – or otherwise – laid bare.

The woman makes her lover promise to tell her husband nothing as she cannot bear to have him lose his faith in her, and in humanity.

Henry's death hit Anne particularly hard; the Venetian ambassador was advised not to offer condolences to her "because she cannot bear to have it mentioned; nor does she ever recall it without abundant tears and sighs".

We cannot forgive ourselves for ever having acted stupidly; we cannot bear to make a mistake.

I cannot bear to give you up.

Mr Jospin cannot bear to concede that he has privatised anything; he has merely "opened public companies to capital"; Mr Chirac is barely less timid in extolling the virtues of a free market.

Owners can also show the same lack of judgment as other investors: they hold on too long because a stock has paid off before, or because they cannot bear to sell something that they have poured their hearts into.

Some people have unkindly suggested that Livingstone is like some ageing thespian who cannot bear to leave the stage even when the audience had had enough.