survivor

IPA: sɝvˈaɪvɝ

noun

  • One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.
  • (figuratively) A person who is able to endure hardship.
  • One who knew a specific decedent.
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Examples of "survivor" in Sentences

  • The other survivor is a bombastic general from the other clan, in thrall to military glory, in love with death.
  • Seidenfeld added that he resents the term survivor, since he doesn't think he ever truly "survived" the experience.
  • "I had, in a sense, what they call survivor's guilt because I wasn't there and I had no control over the situation," he said.
  • Wellwishers and dignitaries of all colours made speeches to honour what they called a survivor, a symbol of triumph over despair.
  • She is epic in ways that Oscar can only dream of being; she's the last survivor from a destroyed family who lives in the wastes of
  • "In using the term survivor," the study goes on, "they minimized focus on the event and maximized emphasis on their recovery and strength."
  • A survivor from the typhoon that devastated Taiwan told how she and her grandson were surrounded by rising water in their mountain village.
  • "Everybody else will be relieved, but there's also what they call survivor's guilt, so if you do have to downsize, you have to do it knowledgeably."
  • Founded in 1998, the dot-com survivor is way past the 4-to-7-year-old window in which most VCs seek to gain liquidity, and has even outlasted the 10-year lifespan of most VC funds.
  • Healing faster than he should, O†™ Roark helps his partner and their new teammate survey the scene of the latest of Herrod†™ s victim, who was the only survivor from the bus attack.

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