85291 examples of lasted in sentences

The siege lasted ten months, when Lee was driven within his inner line of defences, and, seeing that all was lost, on April 2, 1865, evacuated his position, and began his retreat to the west, hoping to reach Lynchburg, and after that effect a junction with Johnston coming up from the south.

Nothing is more delightful to read of than the bright days of Athens and Florence, but those bright days lasted only so long as the states with which Athens and Florence had to do were states on a similar scale of magnitude.

To the tradition of municipal thinking, which had lasted on uninterruptedly in the Free Cities of Germany from the Middle Ages, Germany owes the excellence of her municipal government to-day.

This use of the words and synonymous terms lasted through the Middle Ages into modern times; in fact, until the present day.

The labors of the convention lasted four months.

A fair was held in the town, which lasted eight days.

The debate lasted till near midnight.

And we may confine ourselves to the question whether, in the great Parliamentary struggle which ensued, and which lasted for more than three months,[104] the doctrines advanced by Mr. Fox, and the conduct pursued by him, were more or less in accordance with the admitted rules and principles of the constitution.

By Pitt he and his party, whether in the English, or, so long as it lasted, in the Irish Parliament, had been repeatedly defeated.

The reign of George III., which had now lasted fifty years, was drawing practically to a close.

Thus the return of the consul Quinctius to the city put an end to the suspension of business, which lasted four days.

These disputes lasted until the time of the elections for the substitution of a consul.

The battle had lasted a very short time, and after dark we bivouacked on the wet ground in the pouring rain, completely exhausted from our long march and subsequent fighting, and faint from want of food, none of which passed our lips for more than sixteen hours.

On his return he picked up the musket, and seeing us laughing, the frown on his face turned into the most ludicrous expression of good-humour I had ever seen, and he burst out into a fit of laughter which lasted some minutes.

But how can I describe that terrible street-fighting, which lasted without intermission the whole day?

It seems to me that the enmity between you has lasted long enough.

If this vision could only have lasted.

You have rightly guessed that the question means, "What is the history of the Reformation in Hungary?"] to the nineteenth century and a half lasted till the oysters came.

During her absence, which lasted until nightfall, uncle Wellington went uptown and purchased a cheap oilcloth valise from a shrewd son of Israel, who had penetrated to this locality with a stock of notions and cheap clothing.

During our interview, which lasted nearly an hour, these persons remained standing.

They generally admitted that the people were no better prepared for freedom now, than they were in 1834; and some of them did not hesitate to say that the sole use to which they and their brother planters turned the system, was to get as much work out of the apprentices while it lasted, as possible.

During our interview, which lasted nearly an hour, these persons remained standing.

In a single sermon, which lasted two hours, and seemed to last but twenty minutes, he declared the whole scripture.

Then he speeded it up so that the complete message lasted 0.027 seconds, encrypted it, inserted the disk into his personal computer, and transmitted it.

The stove has lasted for thirty years, and I certainly shall not buy a new one for you.

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