withstand
verb (used with object)
to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand the invaders;
was withstanding
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past progressiveof withstand.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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On Tuesday, data suggested Britain's labour market was withstanding the end of the government's job-protecting furlough scheme, a key factor for the BoE and its decision on rates.
From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2021
While Fort Detroit was withstanding Pontiac's hordes, the smaller forts and block-houses scattered throughout the hinterland were faring badly.
From The War Chief of the Ottawas : A chronicle of the Pontiac war by Thomas Guthrie Marquis
So he put the book away, and turned round, rather baffled, not quite sure what was happening, yet feeling she was withstanding him.
From Aaron's Rod by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
At the door of Mr. Stubbs's office three excited clients were clamoring for entrance; an elderly clerk with a high bridge to his nose was withstanding them.
From The Great House by Stanley John Weyman
He had hurried over from Rome, on a call from Allatoona, and was withstanding more than four thousand men with less than two thousand.
From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by William Charles Henry Wood
