Sentence examples for resistance mounted from inspiring English sources

The released activists gave varying accounts of the level of resistance mounted by the passengers.

For 50 years, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade has stood not only as a stately perch from which to view New York Harbor but also as a symbol of the resistance mounted by local residents in the 1940's, when the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway threatened to cut through their neighborhood.

The one solid fact the cops have on Dr Holm is that he was at the scene of the "resistance mounted by the extreme leftwing scene against the World Economic Summit of 2007 in Heiligendamm", perhaps mistakenly believing he is studying this scene rather than stage-managing it.

Perhaps cancer cells tried to invade new niches, but mainly perished en route, as a result of the resistance mounted by her immune system and other physiological challenges; perhaps the select few that, singly or in clusters, survived the expedition ended up languishing in forbidding tissue terrain, like seeds landing on a salt flat.

Not only is renewed fighting possible, should resistance mount to the Houthis' influence, but Mr Houthi's followers, many of them country folk, do not share their leaders' sophistication.

Antibiotic resistance is considered as one of the greatest health threats worldwide, and we are in a staring competition with microbes as antibiotic resistance mounts faster than our current rate of developing new and effective antibiotics.

If you're like most parents, what you do starts out nicely enough -- calmly reassuring, then coaxing, then pleading, then, as your child's resistance mounts, you quickly devolve into exasperation; the tough-love comes out and it's not too pretty (or effective).

Although this procedure may no longer be necessary once standardized microtiter plates include these antibiotics, it is nevertheless relevant as clinical failures and reports of resistance mount.

The first abiding myth is that the miners' leadership faced a choice between a negotiated compromise and the all-or-nothing resistance they mounted.

We see how minimal resistance is mounted by most leaders, including Catholics, to enormous military spending, primarily in countries with large militaries such as the U.S. We see how little we hear from leaders, including most Catholics, or key advocacy organizations on the proven practice of unarmed civilian protection (25+ years old).

A spirited non-violent resistance was mounted throughout the country, involving attempted fraternization, painting over and turning street signs (on one occasion an entire invasion force from Poland was routed back out of the country after a day's wandering), defiance of various curfews, etc.