Sentences with 'durable'
Example sentences and phrases with the word durable and other words derived from it.
• « This precariousness was responsible for the fact that these early empires were not particularly durable and could not conquer territory outside Mesopotamia itself. »
• « The ritual of the use of rings, like most of the rituals surrounding marriage, has its origins in the distant past. Already the Egyptians and Romans gave the "annulus sponsalitus", first of iron and later of gold, as this being the most durable metal, it was supposed to ensure a permanent marital union. »
• « The genetic code, which has been accumulating packaging and information since the dark ages, will be endowed with a more durable bionic packaging: or is it such a good deal to have a brain like that of John Sebastian Bach or Stephen Hawking, only to have them die at the height of their powers, due to the clogging of some pipes or the loss of insulation of some wires? »
• « At the biological and psychomotor level: relatively durable cultural patterns are incorporated and applied to everyday behaviour, for example: what and how we eat, at what times, how and where we sleep. »