Survived
[sə'vaivd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Survive
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Examples
- The great ox, or aurochs, is now extinct, but it survived in the German forests up to the time of the Roman Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was also a philosopher, though none of his wisdom has survived. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And in the fighting soon there was no purity of feeling for those who survived the fighting and were good at it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Each one of these ideas was born of an original need, served its historical function and survived beyond its allotted time. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- My child survived. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He only survived for a few hours afterwards, and the indignation of the ship's crew was at boiling point when young Hale wrote. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The fate of Miriam had indeed been to fall a sacrifice to the fanaticism of the times; but her secrets had survived in her apt pupil. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Well, you see we have survived your amiable intention of leaving us to die. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I do not venture to say that mine would; it has suffered, and, it must be confessed, survived. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her rosy blondness had survived some forty years of futile activity without showing much trace of ill-usage except in a diminished play of feature. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Mr. Thornton declined having any share in a partnership, which would frustrate what few plans he had that survived the wreck of his fortunes. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- On this occasion I went, dreading the worst, to his dwelling, to see if I could be of any service to those of his family who might have survived. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mr. Rucastle survived, but was always a broken man, kept alive solely through the care of his devoted wife. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They survived, indeed, in Europe as the minstrels into the Middle Ages. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nothing seemed to have survived that time but Agnes; and she, ever a star above me, was brighter and higher. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Poor Lucy herself only survived, till we arrived at Dijon. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We had an idea at first that only a mint could have survived the expense. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Hers was the only church against which no threats were implied in the Revelations, and the only one which survived. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The venerable lady survived this scene only twenty-four hours. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Poor man, I pitied him, and when the girls were gone, took just one more peep to see if he survived it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- After us came those of our little force who had survived the bloody conflict. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- With this faith he associated a simple ritual borrowed from the Persian Zoroastrians (the Parsees) who still survived, and survive to-day, in India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He survived his uncle no longer; and ten thousand pounds, including the late legacies, was all that remained for his widow and daughters. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Your father would never have survived the loss of Melnos, so he had his wish, and died when all his hopes of a new Hellas were at an end. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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