"resists appeal" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when describing something or someone refusing to be persuaded or convinced by an argument or request. It can also be used when describing an action or behavior that goes against a desired or expected outcome. Example: The CEO's decision to cut employee benefits resisted appeal, despite numerous protests from the staff.
Ms. Merkel's government has resisted appeals to promise Greece aid.
Mr Koizumi may find it hard to resist appeals to his sense of wa.
At critical junctures throughout the crisis, Mrs. Merkel has resisted appeals to appease the financial markets by lowering borrowing costs.
But Tina Hambly, the founder and designer of Valentina Shoes, a line of girls' footwear, has so far resisted appeals from retailers to create styles with heels in preteen sizes.
According to sources familiar with planning for the trip, it has resisted appeals to include briefings from former members of the Israeli security establishment who are supportive of the deal.
Ms. Reno's efforts on Wednesday appeared to be a true last-ditch attempt to win cooperation from the family, which has resisted appeals from Justice Department officials to work out a plan for handing over the boy.
Although he resisted appeals within the Republican party to run for the presidency itself, his possible desire for, and calculations about, national office in the future were suggested by the expert, efficient biographical references he made in a question-and-answer last fall with The New York Times Sunday Review.
To add some sting to its assertion that Mr. Edwards was not Mr. Kerry's first choice, the Bush campaign on Tuesday began televising a commercial featuring Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican who reportedly resisted appeals from Mr. Kerry to consider running with him.
Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Northern Ireland's Protestant politicians to resist appeals from hard-liners that they withdraw from the power-sharing government because of raids and arrests that turned up information indicating that the Irish Republican Army might have been running spy operations out of the legislative offices of its political wing, Sinn Fein.
"The Graffiti Palace owners have repeatedly resisted appeals to cover the graffiti, which has featured pieces from artists from as far as France, and the Ukraine.
