Example sentences for: withstood

How can you use “withstood” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • No similar claim has ever withstood scientific examination as robustly as the Torah codes have.

  • The Gores' marriage has apparently withstood the challenge, however; the Star claims that they are planning to have another child.

  • From atop the brick walls, which withstood fierce attacks by cannonballs and other projectiles, you can enjoy panoramic views out to the east and over San Juan Bay to the modern city.

  • Many Arabs would rather relive the glory days of the 1956 Suez crisis, when the great hero of Arab nationalism, Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, withstood an invasion by Britain, France, and Israel.

  • The change was made by popular demand despite the plea of older residents that it not be made till they, who had heroically withstood the German siege of Leningrad, were dead and gone.


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