survive - use in sentences

Object

  • termination: Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8 will survive any termination of this License.
  • ordeal: So from darkest Prague, I wish you well... and hope you survive the ordeal of having to watch all my films.
  • son: Edwin was then the eldest surviving son, four brothers having died in infancy.

Preposition: on

  • diet: Dogs can survive happily on an almost vegetarian diet which would make your cat very ill.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

  • intact: The smaller " fluffy " ones however, will often survive entry intact because of their large surface to mass ratios.

Used with why or when

  • when: They do not carry a points penalty because this helps rebels to survive when playing against strong armies.

Adjective complement

  • unchanged: The Greyfriars burial ground in Perth, located close to the city center, has survived relatively unchanged through five centuries of urban development.
  • untouched: Stonehenge and its landscape survived relatively untouched for thousands of years.

Preposition: in

  • wilderness: We will teach you how to survive in the wilderness.
  • manuscript: Both survive in a single ancient manuscript each; they evidently were not widely read.
  • fragment: Little is known of Sappho's life, and her work survives only in fragments.
  • environment: Find out how we find the resources we need ( water, food, energy and shelter ) to survive in these different environments.

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