withstood

Example Sentences

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Alabama: Withstood late threats to keep the winning streak alive and snap a 10-game skid against Kentucky.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2019

Carolina - Withstood the threat of upstart New Jersey, which had only a handful of losses since December, to stay in the thick of the race.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2011

That Puddin', sir, and me, has, back to back, Withstood the fearful Rumty Tums' attack, And swum the Indian Ocean for our lives, Pursued by Oysters, armed with oyster knives.

From The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff by Lindsay, Norman

Black as a storm the senators renown'd And leaders of the Lycian host assail'd Buttress and tower, while opposite the Greeks Withstood them, and the battle-shout began.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

They met the proud woods in the face,   Those gloomy shades and stern; Withstood and conquered, and your race   Supplants the pine and fern.

From Thoughts, Moods and Ideals: Crimes of Leisure by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)