Sentence examples for a fierce resistance from inspiring English sources
But Mayor William Curtis mounted a fierce resistance, and on Monday, the county relented.
The owners, who did not return telephone messages yesterday, have put up a fierce resistance to Local 169.
The strong community spirit sometimes morphs into a fierce resistance to change, particularly when it is advocated by newcomers.
The Russians who put up a fierce resistance to Napoleon's invasion were often illiterate but had a strong sense of holy mother Russia and the land as scripture".
Yet Hezbollah mounted a fierce resistance, from bunkers like the one in Wadi Naim, where fighters emerged to attack with wire-guided missiles and quickly ran back inside.
That is unlikely to happen in the Trump campaign, which revolves around a freewheeling candidate with a fierce resistance to admitting error.
This move met with an unexpectedly fierce resistance from the Taliban and local tribesmen, who used conventional, rather than asymmetric tactics, to drive the coalition from their positions.
Rougvie suggests a third reason: fierce resistance from retailers who, understandably, considered the MP3 an existential threat.
Well, what happens if I come up and touch you?" That possibility, together with a spectator's unavoidable identification with the performers, can inspire a perverse and fierce resistance.
Israel says the strike in Gaza is designed to close off arms smuggling routes through tunnels from Egypt and to strike a blow at armed Palestinian militants in the area -- a focus of fierce resistance to Israeli occupation.
Now, however, Club Med is hoping to start operating at Kakome Bay on the southern riviera - a move meeting fierce resistance at the moment from locals who claim the land proposed for the development is theirs - and other travel companies are eyeing the same area with interest.
