Sentence examples for resisted attempts from inspiring English sources

Officials say some villagers violently resisted attempts to disperse them.

Some have always resisted attempts to depersonalize the subject.

The family, determined to prove what it believes was negligence, has resisted attempts to settle.

Devising an Early Attack Alzheimer's has repeatedly resisted attempts to treat it.

He resisted attempts to get both congressional and UN approval for the invasion of Iraq.

Its scale has created a powerful lobby that has serially resisted attempts at reform.

This is largely owing to the fact that Wilfred resisted attempts to record the lumia.

But the Israeli resisted attempts to get him to talk substance directly with Arafat.

Michigan abolished the death penalty in 1846 and has resisted attempts to reinstate it.

The standoff is the second time Ashley has resisted attempts to make him appear before MPs.

Today's judgment noted how Wardle resisted attempts to shelve the inquiry until late 2006.