Examples of 'could not withstand' in a sentence

Meaning of "could not withstand"

This phrase means that someone or something is unable to tolerate or endure a particular force, pressure, or situation, resulting in being overwhelmed, defeated, or destroyed

How to use "could not withstand" in a sentence

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could not withstand
Cars could not withstand sudden stops.
The mobile policemen could not withstand them.
They could not withstand the wisdom.
So much enthusiasm we could not withstand.
Critics could not withstand until the end.
Even the higher demons could not withstand it.
Could not withstand the attack boxing champion.
The structure could not withstand it.
He could not withstand the poisons.
There was a problem that it could not withstand.
My aunty could not withstand the shame.
The boy wearing this one could not withstand.
Her body could not withstand attack of influenza.
Or perhaps he was a weak guy who could not withstand the pressure.
They could not withstand starvation any longer.

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Reason was because they could not withstand this pressure.
Could not withstand their weapons.
Which we could not withstand.
Higher domestic interest rates and currency depreciations were precisely the shocks they could not withstand.
Her heart could not withstand the strain.
The passion which you rouse that Ross could not withstand.
The people could not withstand my true presence.
He added that his business eventually failed because he could not withstand competition from smugglers.
It could not withstand the stress.
Some of the older buildings could not withstand the force and collapsed.
She could not withstand anymore and pushed me.
The gates of Hades could not withstand it.
It could not withstand the solar heat and gravity.
The exhausted Mercenaries could not withstand his troops.
He could not withstand my charms.
Korea won several victories but the Korean military could not withstand the waves of invasions.
His body could not withstand the toxins inside.
Now Meades men were receiving fire from three sides and could not withstand the pressure.
And people could not withstand such forces.
The king of the south as a boy-king and all his armies could not withstand.
For my heart could not withstand you seeing me naked.
Stand was made by the enemy ; but they could not withstand the charge.
It could not withstand a veto.
That I was working from presuppositions that could not withstand philosophical scrutiny.
Plaster could not withstand the weight of the structure.
The mountaineers fought valiantly, but could not withstand the disciplined infantry.
He could not withstand us.
But in use this transmission could not withstand the engine 's power.
It could not withstand a wide disparity in competitive conditions resulting from disordered exchange rate adjustments.
Many prisoners of war could not withstand such power and died.
He could not withstand us. We took the fight to him.
It appears the Gorn vessel could not withstand the atmospheric pressure.
They could not withstand starvation any longer and ate a corpse, then.
Steel is strong in tension, but could not withstand contact with molten glass.
Admit could not withstand the movement This massive troop.

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