How to use the words withstood and preceded in a sentence.

It became the seat of the presidency of Connaught under Elizabeth, and withstood a siege by the insurgents in 1641.

The tracks of the vehicle that preceded him were clear in the dust of the turnoff, and he knew he'd guessed correctly as he neared the now-familiar meadow below the mine.

in christian theology, redemption is a metaphor for what is achieved through the atonement; therefore, there is a metaphorical sense in which the death of jesus pays the price of a ransom, releasing christians from bondage to sin and death.

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