The phrase "arouse resistance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to describe the act of provoking opposition or dissent against something.
Example: "The new policy changes may arouse resistance among employees who are comfortable with the current system."
Alternatives: "generate opposition" or "incite resistance."
But bin Nayef was a popular figure, and bypassing him would have aroused resistance within the royal family.
His attempt to use religion as a basis for unity aroused resistance, however, particularly from Muslims who were ordered to build churches, pay tithes, and eventually be baptized.
A few weeks ago, talking about portable devices for watching videos, I mentioned the practice of viewing movies on cell phones, a concept that aroused resistance even from readers who were O.K. with tablet-screen viewing.
Jeremiah Wright, who befriended Pfleger in the eighties, told me that he aroused resistance from some conservative black clergy: "They wrote him off, never got to know him, never did, in fact, have a talk with him, or go to assess his experience, his heart, and his passion.
Point of the tale: Too much pressure arouses resistance, even suspicion, among customers (think about President Obama's comprehensive health care overhaul), while small doses over time wear them down.
The Nazification attempt aroused strong resistance, however.
With that, Hohenwart, who had been up against violent German opposition from the first day of his appointment, aroused Hungarian resistance too.
On Russia, a nascent US proposal to expand military cooperation with the Russians in exchange for Moscow reining in support for Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has aroused deep resistance at the Pentagon.
The later 18th-century policy of reducing their power aroused Durrānī resistance and served as one of the principal causes of the 18th- and early 19th-century civil wars.
The protocol gives IAEA inspectors the right to examine locations that Iran has not declared as nuclear sites, but the idea that western officials could barge into military bases has aroused significant resistance from the security establishment and conservatives, who view the IAEA as being deeply infiltrated by spies.
