How to Use survive in a Sentence
survive
verb- Some of the original bridges survive.
- She survived her husband by only a few years.
- Only a few written records survive from those times.
- Only his son survived him.
- The company survived the recession.
- These ancient practices still survive in some regions.
- I don't see how any creature can survive under those conditions.
- He survived a political scandal and was elected to the state legislature.
- Many businesses are struggling to survive in today's economy.
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Some of the pigs that survived the crash.
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Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
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Many of those films have survived.
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Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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The child did not survive the crash.
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Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Not all brands will survive the next decade.
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Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Against all the odds, the queen survived.
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Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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But hey, at least the town church survived?
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Kelly Martinez,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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But most of these beloved treats didn’t survive.
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Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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Dëmin hasn’t just survived on spot-up looks.
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C.j. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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He is survived by his wife, Ellen.
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Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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She is survived by her ex-husband and son.
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Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
5 Oct. 2025
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She is survived by her ex-husband and their son.
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Oct. 2025
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He is survived by his wife and two children.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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This one feels like it was made to survive real life with kids.
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Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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She is survived by her two children.
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Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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She was hit five times but somehow survived.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
12 Jan. 2026
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Gomez is survived by her five adult children.
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Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Keaton is survived by her two children.
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
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How many people have survived the boat strikes?
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Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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But that doesn't mean a child will survive unscathed.
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Michal Ruprecht,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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He is survived by his three children.
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Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
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But the others, which are loved and cared for, would not survive.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2026
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