Sentence examples for resist from inspiring English sources
The word "resist" is correct and usable in written English. It is used to describe not giving in to something or someone, or refusing to accept a course of action. For example, "The protesters resisted the police's attempts to remove them from the area.".
I wouldn't dismiss the psychological and political impact of Ian Paisley being, in his terms, kicked around for 40 years by the establishment and then seeing an opportunity to be the establishment and being unable to resist it".
There are mules and camels to ride and mountain bikes to rent, but I couldn't resist trying the nine-hole "cross country" golf course, which runs along a nearby rocky riverbed and is more akin to crazy golf.
Avoid debate of key British foreign policy issues that might be exploited by terrorists: farewell to defending international law enshrining the right to resist colonialism and foreign military occupation.
These will be the hardier ones that can resist the same antibiotic should they meet it again.
Issues of how to build a common life under conditions of pluralism, how to engage people in political participation and self-government, how to decentralise political and economic power, how to resist the domination of the rich and the powerful, how to renew love and work so that life can be meaningful and fulfilling.
The first, and most fateful, chapter began in January 2013, when – unable to resist backbench pressure any longer – a mid-term prime minister who hadn't won a majority conceded a referendum on whether Britain should get out of Europe.
No matter how famous you are, it appears, few can resist the appeal of the selfie.
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