Sentence examples for could withstand playing from inspiring English sources

I thought we could withstand playing 11 against 10".

But in the final judgment, they took a big step back, assessing the playhouses for their visual execution, rather than whether they could withstand child's play or the elements.

It is not clear whether Mrs. Merkel and Mr. Sarkozy and others are playing chicken with Athens or think they could withstand Greece defaulting and leaving the euro zone.

Seeing Konono No 1 play live, you wonder how an audience could withstand such an onslaught.

Sickness and Slogun, playing consecutive sets, attacked the audience with derision, as if antagonism were the only reception they could withstand.

Toby Helm Barack Obama was not the only world leader prepared to play hardball at the conference, as China's prime minister, Wen Jiabao, also demonstrated that he could withstand pressure from the international community.

Neither could withstand the heat.

Real Spartans could withstand anything, except conjunctivitis.

The American economy could withstand Reagan.

Emerging from Shamu Stadium, Pending Vegan felt he could withstand his wife's judgment, as he could withstand SeaWorld, as SeaWorld could withstand itself.

Obviously, it could withstand a lot of abuse.