In important ways, however, the house stood up well.
The same can said for many other works (which stand up well to comparison with current fiction).
The tent stood up well to the little earthquakes that came along.
He had come through a testing time and stood up well to the challenge.
Some interesting things were done, but they didn't stand up well.
I knew she wouldn't stand up well to an interrogation.
"His type of stone doesn't always stand up well under pressure."
She was embarrassed, since her training didn't stand up well against the reality of his kind.
Yet the best colleges and students seem to stand up well in any comparison with the past.
Love just doesn't seem to stand up well under too much examination.