Sentence examples similar to what proved lasting from inspiring English sources

But what will prove lasting is her evocation of how much perspective and even wisdom can be extracted from some determined digging and a bit of spit.

What proved the last straw was the sale by Thaksin's relatives in January of their stake in the family conglomerate to Singapore without paying any tax.

But he then went 15 innings without a half-century before making 51 and 74 not out in what proved his last Test, at Bridgetown, Barbados, in May 1965, and his international career ended soon after in some ignominy.

In one sense, with €350 million to invest, Index can fund widely across a range of categories to see what proves to last.

What proved to be her last book was a novel published in 2006.

March 7 1999: In Dusseldorf Menuhin conducted what proved to be his last concert.

He was successful, and he so informed his wife in what proved to be his last letter.

Indeed he said it as recently as June, at a tribute dinner in Calgary, in what proved to be his last public speech.

After an embarrassing early loss at Wimbledon, Pete Sampras won what proved to be his last tournament 10 years ago, beating Andre Agassi in the United States Open.

IN 1915 Willard Straight built the northernmost mansion on Fifth Avenue, in what proved to be the last gasp of millionaire house construction past the crest of Carnegie Hill.

Shortly thereafter, his mother did, accompanied by a nanny and a maid, on what proved to be the last train out of Paris.