bearers
- plural of bearer.
Example Sentences
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Joslin’s lawyers claim no punishment was given to other, similar El Capitan flag bearers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
Cameras were supposed to be bearers of truth and armor against lies, vehicles of justice and agents of change.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
Yesterday’s countesses lacked those freedoms and were bound to serve as propriety’s standard bearers.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025
Preventing Chelsea from winning the treble would give United a small win in the psychological battle with Skinner making his ambition of competing with, and ultimately toppling, the standard bearers in this country clear.
From BBC • May 17, 2025
“What are ye, bearers of armor, dressed in mail-coats, that have thus come riding your tall ship over the sea- road, winter-cold ocean, here to Daneland?”
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
