Withstanding is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for WITHSTANDING in dictionary:

VERB:
• WITHSTAND, to resist
• remain undamaged or unaffected by; resist
• offer strong resistance or opposition to
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to stand up against; oppose with firm determination; to resist successfully; to be proof against; resist the effect of

Words related to WITHSTANDING

withstand16

Words that contain WITHSTANDING

notwithstanding23

How to use WITHSTANDING in a sentence

• But it is in withstanding the force of heavy rapids that his strength of wing in this respect is most strikingly manifested.
• There appeared to be but one way of withstanding them.
• Isabella had her temptations in these directions, but John was firm as a rock in withstanding them.
• Thus there was no ancient fortification capable of withstanding a long siege when the besieged city was short of defenders or provisions.
• We are now speaking of Alexander not yet intoxicated by prosperity, the seductions of which no man was less capable of withstanding.
• And with that in his mind he waited, strong as steel in his conviction, capable of withstanding any strain endurable by the human frame.
• He said the most provoking things with a laughing gaiety, and a polite attention, that there was no withstanding.
• Instances of apprentices purchasing themselves are quite frequent, not withstanding the term of service is now so short, extending only to August, 1840.
• This was ensured by absolutely withstanding all temptation to reverie.
• Tell to the giddy and affluent, that, strangers to the severity of want, they know not the pain of withstanding the almost irresistible calls of nature.
• This building in 1907 was a complete ruin, but it was carefully rebuilt, and now it is quite capable of withstanding the pressure of the water.
• Parker, that nobody can realize the impossibility of withstanding this yellow flood except those who have been overwhelmed by it.
• Long before the Scots people despaired of withstanding the invader, the nobles grew cold in the defence of their country.
• There was no withstanding that fierce and dominant personality.
• Most unrelaxing firmness should from the present hour be maintained in withstanding such of her desires as are grossly unreasonable.
• She still won admiration for her imperial beauty which had remained intact, without a wrinkle, withstanding time and love.
• They built comfortable houses, and made excellent pottery capable of withstanding the heat of fire when used for cooking.
• No eloquent declamation is capable of resisting such a process of reasoning, or withstanding the force of such numbers.
• It is a perennial, perfectly hardy, withstanding the coldest winters of New England.
• The courage and the ability in withstanding the attack which were shown by the president and his associates deserve something more than praise.
• This method permits welding joints capable of withstanding temperatures up to 3,000 deg.
• But there was no withstanding the impetus of the Prussian charge.
• It was but for a few minutes, for such masses of the enemy poured up through the mist that there was no withstanding them, and many of the Prussians were taken prisoners.
• Happily, however, we have never had occasion to try its capabilities of withstanding a siege.
• Surrounded by a little band of kinsmen and personal retainers, she was withstanding the Burgundians, and imagining that she would overthrow everything before her.
• Remember that for hours we had been at terrific muscular tension, withstanding the awful pressure of that wind.
• I immediately returned to my rooms and made everything as secure as I could for withstanding the fury of the storm.
• No one was so convinced as Burke that the only way of withstanding the arbitrary and corrupting policy of the Court was to form a strong Whig party.
• Nevertheless, the opinion prevailed that they had won a real victory by withstanding through many hours of a bloody fight some of the best of the British regiments.
• It augmented the forage supply, assuring sustenance to the saddle horses, an important feature in withstanding the coming winter siege.
• At last the beacon was so far advanced and secured that it was deemed capable of withstanding any gale that might blow.
• Cooking is establishing a regulation which when it is suggested means that anything that is boiling is not withstanding cooking.
• Nothing that had occurred elsewhere weakened the western advance to an extent that gave him an opportunity of effectively withstanding it.
• And when all chance of withstanding him was at an end, the brothers, rather than lose their kingdom, had consented that Ingebjorg should be the wife of Ring.
• It was glorious to see these lads of fifteen and sixteen daily withstanding the onslaught of the mighty naval guns.

Similar words containing WITHSTAND without suffix ing

withstand16 withstands17 withstander18 withstanders19 notwithstanding23

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