Sentence examples for survived weeks from inspiring English sources

Laura Hillenbrand's "Unbroken" (2010), which has resided for months near the top of the best-seller list, tells the story of Louis Zamperini, an ex-track star turned airman, whose plane went down over the Pacific and who survived weeks adrift on a raft and even worse ordeals in a Japanese prison camp.

For her second film as a director, Angelina Jolie has elected to go down the old-school Hollywood route: an inspirational war picture about athlete-turned-soldier Louis Zamperini, who survived weeks adrift in an open boat after his plane was shot down over the Pacific during the second world war, then endured a horrific period in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.

So, we've survived week one.

The Trojans survived Week 1 of distractions in the form of Josh Shaw and Anthony Brown before routing Fresno State, 52-13.

A human being can survive weeks with nothing to eat.

Humans can survive weeks without food but only a matter of days without water.

The Cavendish can survive weeks in a ship's hold, unlike most varieties.

Thin-skinned ones would not survive weeks in a ship's hold.

Entergy says many underground conduits are designed to survive flooding, but some experts are skeptical that the lines will survive weeks under the brackish water.

Because the virus can survive weeks to months in the environment, buildings and equipment must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected and the premises left uninhabited for several months.

Using generators, rationing and even bonfires, Puerto Ricans have had to get creative to survive weeks without power or regular water and food after Hurricane Maria.