It seemed bearish and ill-natured to take amiss any word or action which could only be the outcome of a singularly tender consideration for the feelings of others.
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman
How different from that disagreeable, bearish father of his, who went to law with you!
"Kenelm Chillingly, Book 8."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The arrogance, the insolence, of the Junker officer, his aristocratic pretension, his bearish manners, have made him a byword, not only in his own country but all over Europe; and his belief in sheer militarism and Jingo imperialism has made him a menace.
"The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife"
Edward Carpenter