Sentence examples for began resisting from inspiring English sources

But by Tuesday, Aug. 30, as news reports of looting and violence appeared, local officials began resisting.

The K.I.A. was formed in 1961, when a group of Kachin nationalists began resisting the Burmese government's attempts to assert control in the region.

That is because many Chinese factories simply cut back production this month as their Western customers began resisting steep price increases.

This emerging technology has shown abundant promise as did genetically modified foods in Europe before activists fanned the fears of consumers and retailers began resisting.

Officials said that because Silva "began resisting" when a deputy woke him with a "knuckle rub" to the chest and tried to detain him, the deputy released a German Shepherd dog, which bit Silva repeatedly.

Rather than allowing the problematic situation to become deeply entrenched, they began resisting relatively early in the experiment.

But many parents have begun resisting the push to avail their children of every planned activity that a retail society can offer.

The Entlebuch valley, where the revolt had begun, resisted a little longer.

In 1964, supporting students against the draft, he began openly resisting the Vietnam war ("it would have been hopelessly immoral not to").

When society began to resist this oppression, and organized a mass protest rally at the main football stadium in Conakry on Sept. 28, 2009, the Camara regime dispatched the army to surround the rally and opened fire with live ammunition.

After the displacement exceeded 150 mm, the catenary mechanism began to resist more of the vertical load.