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"Withstand" in a Sentence (12 examples)
Robots can withstand dangerous conditions.
Does this house withstand earthquakes?
My house is designed so as to withstand an earthquake.
Morality is mostly a matter of how much temptation you can withstand.
My house is designed to withstand an earthquake.
I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner, 'This wall will fall. Beliefs become reality.' Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.
I think I'll be able to withstand that.
She is unable to withstand the pressure.
Gordo, a squirrel monkey, was catapulted 600 miles high in a Jupiter rocket, also on December 13, 1958, one year after the Soviets launched Laika. Gordo's capsule was never found in the Atlantic Ocean. He died on splashdown when a flotation mechanism failed, but Navy doctors said signals on his respiration and heartbeat proved humans could withstand a similar trip.
At what age will I be able to withstand what now hurts me so easily, makes me disheartened and anxious?
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Tests showed that a tin ceiling could withstand a temperature of 1,369° for an hour and 10 minutes, whereas plaster collapsed in 12 minutes.
Some old, underfired clay pantiles might be damaged by button mosses rooting in cracks and fissures. But most post-war tiles are hard enough to withstand a bit of moss growth.
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