Sentence example with the word 'withstand'

withstand

be at cross-purposes, challenge, contest, defy, face out, hold up, object, recalcitrate, revolt, stand up, tolerate

Definition v. resist or confront with resistance

Last update: September 16, 2015


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I cannot withstand the chill weather.   [Please select]

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There were no other buildings, nowhere else to hide that might withstand an angry Gabriel.   [Please select]

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With will will we withstand, withsay.   [Please select]

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A few heroes cannot withstand an army.   [Please select]

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Nor was his wasted frame fitted to withstand it.   [Please select]

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Ten thousand men could not withstand fifty thousand.   [Please select]

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Only powerful leagues like those of the Iroquois could withstand them.   [Please select]

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It requires a level head to withstand the allurements of the past, the fascination of the foreign.   [Please select]

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The wall was thick enough for men to walk along on the top, but being built of clay it would withstand but little battering.   [Please select]

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Paris, the most strongly fortified city in the world, was being prepared to withstand a siege.   [Please select]

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"But surely," said Robert, "they can't hope to withstand an army like ours."   [Please select]

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