The gay colours of their smart frocks had, however, survived the hardships of the day.

Had Hector survived the hardships he had endured?

His parents are still on their way to Siberia, if they have survived the hardships they have endured.

I only wonder your strength has survived the hardships of such a life as yours has been the past year.

Another unmarried woman, who survived the hardships of the first winter, but returned to England and died there, was Humility Cooper.

Were it not for the previous training we had undergone in igloo life, I could not have survived the hardships of that day.