Sentence examples for resisting in a from inspiring English sources

The White House had to backtrack from Brennan's contentions that Osama was "hiding behind women who were put in front of him as a shield" and that he died after resisting in a firefight.

Tony's psychiatrist, Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco), was raped and beaten in the stairwell of a parking garage, screaming and resisting in a scene more prolonged and graphic than any gang hit depicted.

Last year, the White House had to backtrack from the overwrought initial contentions of John Brennan, a deputy national security adviser, who said Bin Laden died after resisting in a firefight and that he was "hiding behind women who were put in front of him as a shield".

Just an hour away, in the parish of Upton, near Chester, local residents have been resisting in a way that doesn't involve them sitting in the cold at the top of a tripod.

Think about what it implies to stop resisting in an atmosphere that rather you just shut up and go with the flow.

There is no guarantee that our side will prevail, but we will certainly lose unless we resist in a way that combines determination, passion, and wisdom.

"People will wear vintage with some D.I.Y. thing they made themselves with some piece that they couldn't resist in a boutique," Ms. Grim said.

It sits uncomfortably with the inclination – also difficult to resist in a blog – to present a life that is a dazzling round of high-powered success and glamour.

She said that as soon as the military curfew lifted, she would go to her office and "resist in a more clever way" by going online.

The White House has resisted in a final draft the use of terms considered explosive in the American culture wars — including "protectionism" and "Paris accord". In addition, the Americans have tried to avoid discussing migrants and refugees.

The Competition Commission ruled in July 2011 that it should sell Stansted and either Glasgow or Edinburgh airport as part of a breakup which was resisted in a succession of ultimately unsuccessful legal challenges.