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30 example sentences for WITHSTAND, such as:
1. I can't withstand thee, then, old man.
2. No ribs of man or boat can withstand it.
3. No one can withstand the charm of such a mystery.
4. Fate withstands, and lays divine bars on unmoved mortal ears.
5. The new material should withstand even the greatest wear and tear.
2. No ribs of man or boat can withstand it.
3. No one can withstand the charm of such a mystery.
4. Fate withstands, and lays divine bars on unmoved mortal ears.
5. The new material should withstand even the greatest wear and tear.
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Meanings and Examples of WITHSTAND
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withstand
v. stand up against; successfully resist; oppose with force or resolution
Classic Sentence:
1 Hence grew the ill opinion entertained in Rome of Fabius Maximus, who could never persuade the people that it behoved them to proceed warily in their conflict with Hannibal, and withstand his onset without fighting.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LIII.
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LIII.
2 These subdued, there remained not in the whole world, king or people who either singly or together could withstand the power of Rome.
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Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I.
3 The first division, the hastati, which was in front, they drew up in close order to enable it to withstand and repulse the enemy.
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Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI.
4 For terms of accord having been settled between the senate and commons of Rome, the latter, thinking their tribunes well able to withstand the ambition of the nobles, prolonged their authority for a year.
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Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXIV.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXIV.
5 When Camillus, as already related, went forth to meet the Etruscans, his soldiers on seeing the great army of their enemy, were filled with fear, thinking themselves too to withstand its onset.
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Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXI.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXI.
6 Depravity, Sin, Redemption, Heaven, Hell, and Damnation are preached twice a Sunday after the crops are laid by; and few indeed of the community have the hardihood to withstand conversion.
7 But poorly could I withstand them, much as in other moods I was almost ready to smile at the solemn whimsicalities of that outlandish prophet of the wharves.
8 If you yourself can withstand three cheers at beholding these vivacious fish, then heaven help ye; the spirit of godly gamesomeness is not in ye.
9 No ribs of man or boat can withstand it.
10 I can't withstand thee, then, old man.
11 This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not.
12 No one can withstand the charm of such a mystery.
13 This elderly widow, with a robust bone structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor.
14 It is a witchery of social czarship which there is no withstanding.
15 Fate withstands, and lays divine bars on unmoved mortal ears.
Example Sentence:
1 I built them to attempt to withstand the oncoming water as well as possible.
2 The new material should withstand even the greatest wear and tear.
3 Stainless steel is able to withstand the effects of corrosive chemicals.
4 Although enemy forces encompass us, we are cheerful for we are well stocked and can withstand a siege until our allies join us.
5 These exercises helped the monks gain stamina to withstand the long meditation sessions.
6 The trees had long thin supple trunks and round compact crowns to withstand the winds.
7 When the bandits besiege the village, the villagers hole up in the town hall and prepare to withstand a long siege.
8 The farmers were able to withstand the dry season by using rainwater they had stored in an underground cistern.
9 A diplomat at the New Zealand High Commission here, said the ability of the population of Tikopia to withstand Cyclone Zoe was the result of years of experience and resilience built up over generations.
10 Our toys are designed to withstand the rough treatment of the average five-year-old.
11 The wooden boat was built to withstand just about every weather condition at sea.
12 Nothing in life is despair, a series of disaster will be can't withstand the sunshine nightmare, to be bumpy.
13 It is unlikely that his forces could withstand an allied onslaught for very long.
14 The flimsy structure of the vehicle could not withstand even mild impacts.
15 The dress code was layers and layers of clothes and a good pair of boots to withstand snow, wind, rain and sleet.