Sentence examples for point of resistance from inspiring English sources

The city centre is being systematically smashed according to eyewitnesses, and any point of resistance is pounded by artillery.

Every modern revolution finds its point of resistance in the personal experience of those in revolt — that is, in a heightened subjectivity.

The accident alarmed people in tsunami-prone coastal villages, and hundreds came to Lourdes Matha church, which became the focal point of resistance.

He was at the pivotal point of resistance during the 1978-79 winter of discontent which led to the collapse of James Callaghan's Labour government.

The planned building, one of a new wave of recent Columbia projects in Morningside Heights, became a flash point of resistance to development in the neighborhood.

"You must remember that the point of resistance is not to hold ground and face off in front of another position," Fayyad said.

They may also refine techniques along the way, and offer points of resistance, intellectual cantilevers, to their contemporaries.

Finding points of resistance, where smaller units can stand up to the waves of information washing around the globe, is becoming harder all the time.

Though several of the students' makeshift camps which they call "points of resistance" were burned down overnight, they plan to rebuild.

Lauren Rabinovitz, in her book "Points of Resistance," reports on discord between Clarke and Wiseman during and after the making of the film, over a wide range of issues, professional and personal.

They bet too heavily on self-maintenance and not heavily enough on assessing the resources they command, the resources they need to command, the points of resistance that keep them from growing.