Sentence examples for resisted for from inspiring English sources

"There was no resistance," Commander Ali said twice, later amending this to, "They resisted for a long time".

Several resisted for weeks, reluctant to step down.

"After this, they resisted for one day in Katsar.

But such thinking should be resisted for other reasons.

I resisted for the sake of the general public.

He resisted for years, losing money, laying people off for the first time in his career.

"I had resisted for years, and then a friend of mine gave me one," he said.

Both advances challenged existing thought and were fiercely resisted for many years.

Although ʿAbd Allāh resisted for almost two years, he could not prevail against British machine guns.

It was a move he felt he had to make, but had resisted, for years.

And there was a demand – valiantly resisted – for "quote approval" in a subsequent interview with Rowling.