Sentence examples for feeble resistance from inspiring English sources

The triumphant Muslims rapidly overran Spain, meeting only feeble resistance from the leaderless Visigoths.

Palace led, had their optimism punctured by two moments of brilliance, and offered only feeble resistance thereafter.

The most recent sieges were both in 1745, firstly when Bonnie Prince Charlie captured it (after pretty feeble resistance) on his way south in November – his highlanders were not popular in Carlisle, "where they behaved in a most beastlie manner" according to one account.

Nothing they produce on Saturday will be worse than the feeble resistance offered today by Mauresmo and Henin, and it is also too soon to conclude that the sisters would not rise above the emotional barriers that have blemished their matches.

From the Turkish massacres of Armenian Christians; to Stalin, Mao, Castro and Pol Pot's eradication of property owners; to Hitler's Final Solution; to the mounting genocide committed against the Boer minority today; disarmed citizens offer but feeble resistance.

Seacole later expressed exasperation at their feeble resistance, claiming they "bowed down before the plague in slavish despair".

The feeble rhetorical resistance of Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz)., Ben Sasse (R-Neb). and Bob Corker (R-Tenn). will be replaced by, at best, a deafening silence and, at worst, a full-throated battle cry for Trumpism.

For 50 years bike racers have been taking stimulants... Since we are constantly asked to go faster and make even greater efforts, we are obliged to take stimulants". The passage of a French anti-doping law in 1965 amounted to nothing more than a feeble gesture of resistance to habits that had become an integral part of the sport.

In short, PBS' competition excuse seems as feeble as Lord Grantham's resistance to change and Lady Edith's attempts at love.

Australia secured a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series after brushing away the last feeble vestiges of English resistance to win the second Test by a thumping 218 runs.

For added effect, get some friends to occasionally throw penicillin at you while you laugh manically as you remain unharmed by this feeble attack, truly emphasising the horrors of antibiotic resistance.