How to use survive in a sentence

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More sentences with survive

• The boat was torn to pieces in the storm, and nobody survived.From the entry storm
• The friendship did not survive the row: they kept each other at a distance.From the entry distance
• He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.From the entry break
• The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get: rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon.From the entry rabbit
• The metal frame survived the fire, but the plastic and rubber bits are toast.From the entry toast
• The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.From the entry pepper spray
• The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.From the entry descendant
• The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that the trapped miners might still survive.From the entry gleam
• I packed my belongings carefully so that they would survive the move intact.From the entry intact
• He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive.From the entry despair
• If I survive this headache, I promise no more carousing at Brian’s.From the entry carouse
• Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed the world.From the entry engulf
• The only crew-member to survive the crash was the Canadian observer.From the entry observer
• The first year after we bought the house, we lived on a shoestring, but we survived.From the entry on a shoestring
• The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.From the entry leavings
• The unglued joints all fell apart in shipment, but the properly joined piece survived intact.From the entry unglued
• And your husband's parents were in the earthquake zone? Mother of God! Did they survive?From the entry Mother of God
• To survive in the hood, you need to know how to jone.From the entry jone
• Having survived when many others died, she decided to make good use of her borrowed time.From the entry borrowed time
• The new normal for this country is simply to survive economically.From the entry new normal
• They said he survived the fall? What a load of bull!From the entry load of bull
• The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.From the entry on
• To survive, I did everything except steal.From the entry except
• Adulthood enables us to survive in the wilderness.From the entry adulthood
• Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?From the entry paltry
• Only a tough species will survive in the desert.From the entry tough
• He has survived periods of financial hardship before.From the entry hardship
• The organization survived from ancient times to modernity.From the entry modernity
• The daily rat race is soul-destroying: you soon give up all aspirations and just try to survive the boredom.From the entry soul-destroying
• We have survived our trials; yours are in the post.From the entry in the post
• Living things need water to survive.From the entry need

Meaning of survive

1. verb Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
2. verb Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
3. verb To live past (a life-threatening event).

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Questions about survive in a sentence

How do you use survive in a sentence?

Survive is used as a verb. For example: “Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived.”

What is a short sentence with survive?

“He did not survive the accident.”

What does survive mean?

Survive means of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.