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272 examples of Withstand in a sentence

But this transient gesture, this flick of the wrists had to become a structure that would be strong enough to withstand two Austrian winters.
In Hamburg, they've created a whole neighborhood where the bottom floors are designed to withstand the inevitable flood.
Can words alone withstand the laws unjust?
[Escape seems impossible] Can words alone withstand the violence?
God forbid that it should have to withstand that.
The garment’s capacity to withstand years of washing and wear is largely determined by the density of that secondary cell wall.
And it's really about how systems, settlements, withstand shock from the outside.
Here is a limbless animal, capable of gathering a huge mound of leaves, and then laying her eggs inside, to withstand 5 to 10 [meters of rainfall], in order that the eggs can incubate over the next 90 days, and hatch into little baby king cobras.
We've been here before with energy, and people saying the economy cannot withstand a switch, because the cheapest energy was slavery.
We have to invest in persistence, in the ability of social systems and ecological systems to withstand shocks and still remain in that desired cup.
And how the heck can Doug's dad withstand the maneuvers his son makes to fight off the "MIGs" without a g-suit?
Can you withstand an independent, low-budget film?
I see no point in summarizing the plot or even in giving any examples to prove my case, for, to do so, would be cruel and unusual punishment that no one involved in this debacle could withstand.
But the remainder of Welles career is, unfortunately, squandered on material unworthy of his talent and too flimsy to withstand his filmic embroidering.
And that comes from someone that will withstand almost ANY viewing.
Extremely boring, I wanted to leave the theater when I saw this but the dumb movie tickets were expensive so I had to withstand the dreary torture which felt like it lasted forever.
A great film for all the family at Christmas time and a most delightful discovery which will withstand multiple viewing.
And, will she be able to withstand the rigors of a harsh media blitz?
When Tsui Hark experiments, nothing and no one can withstand him.
No one could ever withstand that might.
I recall thinking how cold that water must have been for the survivors and if I could withstand it.
It exposed the split between those who were able to withstand the crass interrogations and those who failed.
Major central banks can generally withstand failure to achieve targets without a fatal loss of credibility.
Farmers who have an asset base of trees, livestock, or cash generated by selling crop surpluses are better able to withstand weather shocks.
Unless the Bank’s next president has a clear vision of the way ahead, and the gravitas to withstand the institution’s internal pressures, he or she will be swallowed up by its complex machinery and unwieldy processes.
Of course, the East Asian economies today are better able to withstand such massive outflows, given their accumulation of international reserves since the financial crisis in 1997.
But the plant was not designed to withstand the 14-meter-high tsunami waves that swept over its protective sea wall less than an hour later.
Setting aside the external impact on the global economy, the damage to domestic stability and growth from anything other than a short-term technical default would be so severe that the political system (and both parties with it) could not withstand the backlash.
And that means that the fragile global economy, dependent (for now) on a single country for its main reserve currency, can withstand America’s political shenanigans.
Most large US banks – Citi is an exception – passed US Federal Reserve stress tests recently, with enough capital to withstand a hypothetical deep recession (13% unemployment, a 21% further fall in home prices, and a 50% stock-market decline).
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