She had no intention of Bearding Betty in her den-she had no idea that there was a Betty-but as she was near the kitchen, and as under that doorway alone there streamed a light, she opened the door.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade
Wynnette had made no vain boast of "Bearding the lion."
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
About the very time when Apollonius was Bearding the last of the Flavians, and preaching a pagan revival in the porticoes of the Roman temples, it is probable that Plutarch, in some respects a kindred spirit, was making his appearance as a lecturer at Rome.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill