Sentence examples for resisted from inspiring English sources

This was "rightly resisted by the judge, and unanimously condemned by the judges", Wilson said.

This was a worthy sequel to the previous day, when, as one wit remarked, a party with just one MP had managed a backbench rebellion – as Ukip's solitary presence in Westminster, Douglas Carswell resisted party pressure to take the parliamentary subsidy known as Short money.

Rusbridger said he could have resisted in the courts, but that this could have taken up to a year and that during this time the Guardian would not have been allowed to write about this material.

But I was also beginning to remember why I'd resisted the idea of meditation for so many years: it was difficult, dull and uncomfortable.

Unlike Alistair Darling and his threat to increase national insurance, his Irish counterpart Brian Lenihan has resisted raising any direct taxes.

And yet I resisted, refusing stubbornly to take citizenship in Australia because, at the time, Italy wouldn't allow dual nationality.

The leader of the Irish Catholic church, who resisted calls to resign when details emerged of a secret deal between the church, child sex abuse victims and one of the country's most notorious paedophile priests, has announced his retirement.

Housing associations have opposed previous versions of these proposals and the requirement that councils sell their most-expensive properties will also be resisted by some local authorities angry that mixed-tenancy council housing is being turned into estates for the poor.

I resisted because she judged people by reading their faces.

Harvard University has also resisted pressure from faculty and students to divest – although Yale has said it will look into whether renewable energy offers a better bet in the long run.

Up until the Tuesday's agreement, Sinn Féin had resisted major reforms to the welfare system and the public sector.