Sentence for withstand | Use withstand in a sentence

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• Nothing could withstand that. (10)
• No one can withstand the charm of such a mystery. (4)
• The shell can withstand the gentle beating of the dynamos of memory. (8)
• She divined the contents, and nursed her resolution to withstand them. (10)
• His hand being raised to beat time, she could not withstand the signal. (10)
• Even Captain Benjamin, as you have seen, was unable to withstand the demand on him. (10)
• No argument, no irony, no appeals, can long withstand the iteration of a dogged phrase. (10)
• No argument, no irony, no appeals, can long withstand the iteration of a dogged phrase. (22)
• The flight from the winter of the North had been so swift that no dignity could withstand its effects. (12)
• She was too weak to withstand the passionate eloquence of the man, repulsive and fear-inspiring as he was. (12)
• The Jameses alone, unable to withstand a custom almost universal in Park Lane, are now and then unfaithful. (8)
• A heroine in a hack post-chaise is such a blow upon sentiment, as no attempt at grandeur or pathos can withstand. (4)
• His loathing of Lord Fleetwood had to withstand an envious jump at the legs in his vison of her partner on the morrow. (10)
• For all their hostility they could not withstand the feeling that she would think them terrible young prigs if they simply bowed. (8)
• His career as a pugilist continued for five years, when he became so big and strong that no human being could withstand his blows. (21)
• Rightly, then, should France worship, and deafen the disaccord Of those who dare withstand an irresistible sword To thwart his predestined subjection of Europe. (10)

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Definition of withstand:

• withstand, with-stand’, v.t. to stand against: to oppose or resist: | pa.t. and pa.p. withstood’. | n. withstand’er.(0)

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