white bear
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of white bear
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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In these studies, people were instructed not to think about a white bear.
From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2023
As his wife, Paula, tells it, he was often accompanied by a furrier named Zlotnik, whose store, at 12th and G streets NW, was guarded by a giant white bear.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2020
In “East of the Sun and West of the Moon,” a Norwegian story, a father signs his daughter over to a large white bear in exchange for a promise of riches.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017
We have … uh, really, quite a number of toys,” he said as he grabbed a stuffed white bear.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2015
He saw a white bear and one of the great jungle cats from the Southern Colonies crouching in the eaves, its teeth bared.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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