Sentence examples for could have resisted from inspiring English sources

Of course, my grandfather could have resisted the women who desired his prized royal seed.

Once located, however, it is extremely unlikely that Anita could have resisted the State's efforts to secure her return.

Besides, as Penrose points out, what soldier could have resisted her?

On a weekday, he insisted, there was no way the city could have resisted such an onslaught.

Under provocation that hardly any other human being could have resisted, King never gave up on nonviolence.

If they could have resisted retraction for a couple of years, the storm would have blown over.

The location where the photographs were taken in jail was so macabre that Stoneley is convinced Wilde was never in it, or he couldn't have resisted writing of it: the room had a false floor, which could be removed to convert it into the hangman's execution chamber.

How could he have resisted?

Could David Cameron have resisted holding a referendum?

How could I have resisted that?

Could Robespierre have resisted the temptation to buy this beautiful woman a ticket for the Ferris wheel?