Verb (used with object) : to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.    From Dictionary.com. 

Midway through the third, with Chicago leading 2-1, Khabibulin withstood a Dallas flurry.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Hockey - Dallas vs. Chicago] Reference

Martin withstood 33 aces from the big-serving Croatian in a match where neither player dropped serve.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Roddick, Agassi coast into Aussie Open's third round] Reference

Potvin withstood a frenzied barrage of shots in the game's final four minutes and held on for his sixth career playoff shutout.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Kings stay alive with shutout of Avalanche] Reference

It is not clear in the least that she has "withstood" anything.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Pollster Mark Penn: Obama More Likely To Suffer Fate Of John Kerry Or Al Gore] Reference

That is a goal of mine that has kind of withstood the test of time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buzzine » Michelle Monaghan] Reference

One of those women who will not bear to be withstood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quotations from Georg Ebers] Reference

With veterans Gray withstood the overwhelming flood!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference

As thou hast withstood so far, I tempt thee no more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference

So it wouldn't have withstood even an intensity of 7?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anatomy of Destruction] Reference

It has withstood 15 degrees below zero without damage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

If any man could have withstood her, I was not that man.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference

As a Boy Scout he regularly withstood anti-gay commentary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scouts Divided] Reference

These he could have withstood if there had been nothing worse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lost in the Fog] Reference

Whom do thou also avoid: for he hath greatly withstood our words.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 62: 2 Timothy The Challoner Revision] Reference

If a house had withstood Camille, it could no doubt survive a storm like Frederic.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cone of Uncertainty] Reference

The spire being of solid construction withstood the impact; the aeroplane did not.    From Wordnik.com.  [Night Bombing with the Bedouins] Reference

Samson withstood his Delilah for a while, but she got the mastery of him at the last.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference

The World Trade Center withstood the initial blow of two terrorist-driven Boeing 767s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quivering Heights] Reference

In tests the shelter has successfully withstood everything from car bombs to blowtorches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Safety, Bunker Down] Reference

It was a place of interest to them all, for it was very old, and had withstood many attacks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference

But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 55: Galatians The Challoner Revision] Reference

Here in Oregon the Mayette seems to have generally withstood the winter injury better than the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference

Not one of Dana's brain differences withstood the rigors of scientific investigation over time.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Delusions of Gender' argues that faulty science is furthering sexism] Reference

They also measured how well the siding products withstood impacts in cold and warm temperatures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inside Consumer Reports Test Labs: Putting exterior siding through its paces] Reference

It's 2050, and one quintessential American passion has withstood the test of time: we like to drive.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Cars Drive You] Reference

It's a relief that the songs have withstood the test of being transcribed and put into this context.    From Wordnik.com.  [What It's Like To Sing With Ray Davies] Reference

Yet those who know the president well say he has withstood the attacks with characteristic equanimity.    From Wordnik.com.  [But Words Will Never Hurt Me] Reference

He also actively declares that he withstood pressure from Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in doing so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rep. Chet Edwards Touts His Opposition To Obama, Pelosi In New Ad (VIDEO)] Reference

The reason we've withstood the increase is that consumer income has grown faster than energy expenditures have.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why We Can’t Quit] Reference

For 15 years Mir has withstood exposure to the sun's unshielded rays, bitter cold and barrages of tiny meteorites.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Legacy Of Mir: Falling Star] Reference

(Soundbite of song, "Standing in the Rain") Mr. GREEN: (Singing) I withstood all the pain, standing out there in rain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Al Green: A Classic Gets Modern] Reference

He has withstood that hardening of the moral and physical fibre which comes over so many men as they near their fortieth year.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

For two hours Law -- who stood the entire time, solemn in his black cassock -- withstood the fire and promised an end to secrecy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Faith In Our Fathers?] Reference