Sentence examples for it resisted from inspiring English sources

Although they tried toxic chemicals, drugs, and extreme conditions like heat, "it resisted all our attempts".

For a long time, traditional IT resisted the cloud, but that has changed in recent years as companies have come to realize that they can't survive without the agility, scalability and economics that only a public cloud approach can provide.

Although the IRA subsequently destroyed some of its weapons, it resisted decommissioning its entire armoury, hampering implementation of key parts of the peace agreement.

But in 2004 the government of Gujarat refused to hand over its lions, presumably because it resisted losing a big draw for tourists.

For decades it resisted any changes to its office environment.

But Slovenia's size and its hostility to foreign influence meant that for years it resisted foreign capital as a solution for its banks and cash-starved industries.

It resisted premade frames and made its own.

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court struck down a controversial Arizona public financing measure on Monday by its usual 5-4 margin -- but it resisted the temptation to gut the legal underpinnings that support provisions such as presidential matching funds.

And it resisted as well the defining spirit of its age -- a spirit that would move inexorably toward the expansion of freedom and equal rights for blacks, Hispanics, women, gays and all minorities within the borders of the United States.

He felt a terrible inner resistance but could not feel what it was that it resisted.

It resisted providing ARVs altogether until the courts forced its hand a few years ago.