Sentence examples for seems to resist from inspiring English sources

He seems to resist taking the Lord's name in vain.

Then she does her best to describe an exhibition that seems to resist definition.

And they feel overly dictated themselves, especially in terms of their palette, which seems to resist a genuinely exciting opticality.

You need performances that dig deep to present undercurrents of emotion even as the play seems to resist them.

Those afflicted suffer from a strain of tuberculosis that seems to resist every drug available to treat it.

At first "Wonderful World" seems to resist embracing the sentimental cliché of impoverished, life-affirming Africans redeeming the sick soul of a depressed, self-pitying Westerner.

Some products just seem to resist good design.

The ancient pull of Chinese history seemed to resist modernity.

You seemed to resist moving to New York for a long time.

Unfortunately, at least two powerful governors seem to resist sensible further reform.

And all along, the abandoned playhouse seemed to resist every attempt to resuscitate it.