Examples of “survival” in a Sentence

noun The act or fact of staying alive, especially through danger or difficulty.

• Survival in the desert depends on finding water fast.
• Her survival after the crash amazed the doctors.
• The survival of the village depended on a good harvest.

noun An old custom, belief, or practice that has lingered on even though people have forgotten why it started.

• Throwing salt over your shoulder is a survival from an old superstition.
• Wearing a tie to work is a survival of a more formal age.
• That strange greeting is a survival of a custom nobody remembers.