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Example sentences for "withstanding"

Lexicographically close words:
withouten; withowt; withs; withstand; withstande; withstands; withstonde; withstood; withy; witless
  1. Those Who are Inclined to the Osseous ΒΆ Every person with a large Osseous element is capable of saving money, of being a faithful worker under right conditions and of withstanding hardship in his work.

  2. But the untoward planet pertinaciously continued her course, not withstanding that she had reason, philosophy, and a whole university of learned professors opposed to her conduct.

  3. The foregoing is a theory in which I do not pretend to be skilled, not withstanding that I do fully give it my belief.

  4. Governor Risingh, not withstanding his giantly condition, was, as I have hinted, a man of craft.

  5. At one period, it had the reputation of being one of the best varieties for keeping, and of entirely withstanding the attacks of the potato disease.

  6. The leaves, however, are more curled, and its constitution is of a hardier nature, enduring the cold, and also withstanding heat and drought better.

  7. An act was passed, which not only acknowledged the power of the sword to be solely in the King, but declared that in no extremity whatever could the two Houses be justified in withstanding him by force.

  8. That disease, though not dangerous in itself, leaves its subjects in an enfeebled condition for a long time after apparent recovery, and incapable of withstanding exposures and ailments ordinarily regarded as slight.

  9. He had been a poor white in the South, and a life-long Democrat, but had done some brave things in withstanding secession, and some bitter things in thwarting the slave-holders.

  10. But when these private letters were first published, and when my lord, who now appears so stiff and awkward, was in the fashion of the day, there was no withstanding it.

  11. Not-withstanding this, they are the source of much interest, and even of instruction, to many of the millions to whom a greenhouse or serious gardening is an impossibility.

  12. If we persist in withstanding God's grace, He will at last leave us to ourselves.

  13. It is the loving withstanding of temptation, then, that wins the crown of life: the mere being tempted tends rather to death.

  14. There's a split in my thumb-nail that has been scrupulously continued for many years, not withstanding all my efforts to make the nail resume its old regularity.

  15. The young men had strong hopes, not-withstanding all that had passed, that this spring might yet turn out to be a reality.

  16. Neither Parson Amen nor the corporal seemed to apprehend anything, not-withstanding the extraordinary scene in which one had been an actor, and of which the other had been a witness.

  17. The literary activity of this period was almost exclusively directed towards combating the intrusiveness of the church, repelling its attacks on Judaism, and withstanding its proselytizing zeal.

  18. They rejoiced in his homilies on the infallibility of the papacy and his fiery harangues on the extermination of heretics, and the necessity of withstanding the victoriously advancing Turks.

  19. Accompanied by all the forces and arraying then, in good order, both of us, with uplifted weapons, are even now proceeding against Drona and the Suta's son for withstanding them.

  20. Filled with rage, and shooting his arrows in that battle at the irresistible Drona, Dhrishtadyumna covered the preceptor, desirous of withstanding him.

  21. Go thou against the son of Kunti, for withstanding him for thy own sake.

  22. Indeed, the mighty Karna, desirous of battle, displayed his strength and checked Bhima's course like a tall tree withstanding tempest.

  23. The apparatus must be capable of withstanding fire from outside causes.

  24. When a single gas is stored at atmospheric pressure, it is insensibly withstanding on all sides and in all directions a pressure of roughly 15 lb.

  25. The union of so large a force under one native leader for the purpose of withstanding the general enemy, is in itself no slight evidence of an advanced social civilisation.

  26. And nothing can be more dishonourable to the gospel, than that by the law of nature it is lawful to resist tyrants, but we are bound by religion from withstanding their cruelty: the laws of God do not interfere one with another.

  27. Mr. Somerset, not withstanding your erroneous opinions on important matters, I speak to you as a friend, and I tell you that she has never in her secret heart forgiven that sermon of mine, in which I likened her to the church at Laodicea.

  28. A dreadful sorrow sat in her face; she insisted upon learning everything about the matter there and then, and there was no withstanding her.

  29. Thou art a strange creature, said she; there is no withstanding thee.

  30. What are the best kinds of joints for withstanding water pressure?

  31. The amount of tension a single belt is capable of withstanding with a due regard to its durability has been fixed by various experimenters at 66-2/3 lbs.

  32. The Hippo-centaurs are mounted savages: Cheiron is the true knight, withstanding monsters in his own shape, saving Peleus from them, and giving hospitality to the Argonauts.

  33. In front of the bright Moon with fiery weapons (they draw nigh); But the noble Sun and Im the warrior (are withstanding them).


  34. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "withstanding" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    antagonism; challenge; complaining; complaint; counteraction; defiance; demur; disputatious; dispute; dissent; dissenting; fractious; objecting; objection; obstinacy; obstinate; obstructive; opposition; protest; protesting; reaction; rebellious; rebuff; recalcitrant; refractory; reluctance; reluctant; remonstrance; repellent; repulse; repulsion; resistant; revolt; stand; tough; unyielding