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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
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the chill weather.
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There were no other buildings, nowhere else to hide that might
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an angry Gabriel.
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With will will we
withstand
, withsay.
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A few heroes cannot
withstand
an army.
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Nor was his wasted frame fitted to
withstand
it.
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Ten thousand men could not
withstand
fifty thousand.
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Only powerful leagues like those of the Iroquois could
withstand
them.
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It requires a level head to
withstand
the allurements of the past, the fascination of the foreign.
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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.
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Paris, the most strongly fortified city in the world, was being prepared to
withstand
a siege.
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"But surely," said Robert, "they can't hope to
withstand
an army like ours."
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