Sentence examples for it was resisting from inspiring English sources

The issue of Shebaa Farms has been the public rationale for allowing Hezbollah, alone among civil war-era militias, to keep its arms: that it was resisting continued Israeli occupation.

Suresh was trying to get the python into a burlap sack, but it was resisting.

Although it seemed to weaken when it was resisting the cancer, it became remarkably effective once the cancer started.

The White House said that it fully supported the agency's aggressive standards for a variety of pollutants to protect public health and the environment and denied that it was resisting further regulatory action for political reasons.

Asked whether it was resisting Ashton's request because it did not wish to see further evidence of unlawful and politically embarrassing activities coming to light, the Cabinet Office declined to comment.

Mr. Stern said he was imposing the trusteeship on United Healthcare Workers-West because it was resisting the parent union's decision to transfer 65,000 home care and nursing home workers into another local.

It was resisted by the trust at the time.

It was resisted inside the Pentagon and in Congress.

But eventually I realized I was resisting it emotionally.

The cuts come as it is resisting a hostile takeover bid by North Fork Bancorp of Melville, N.Y.

The union, the United Federation of Teachers, is not threatening a strike, but it is resisting the city's proposals.