Outlived
[aʊt'lɪvd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Outlive
Typist: Patricia
Examples
- Its grandeur has outlived the high commercial prosperity and the political importance that made it a necessity, or rather a possibility. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I have long outbidden folly with folly, pride with pride, scorn with scorn, insolence with insolence, and have outlived many vanities with many more. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Peggotty was quietly assisting, with the old insensible work-box, yard-measure, and bit of wax-candle before her, that had now outlived so much. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Perhaps I have outlived my religious feeling. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When we see such a time at hand we will say, 'I have outlived my faith and purpose,' and die. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- If those illustrious artists had in truth chiselled these forms, how many passing generations had their giant proportions outlived! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Her joy and expression of regard long outlived her wonder. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
Typist: Patricia