Therefore they remain powerless to resist the overwhelming draw of a fart gag or bulging innuendo.
Not to overcome, but simply to resist the overwhelming tide that threatens to wash them away into an uncaring ocean of despair, every moment of every day.
It's short-sighted and just plain wrong for the music industry to resist the overwhelming movement toward online music sharing.
During the furious action that followed, the 7th Infantry Division's spread out regiments were unable to resist the overwhelming Chinese forces.
The miracle of Chanukah is that so many people were able to resist the overwhelming "reality" imposed by the imperialists and to stay loyal to a vision of a world based on generosity, love of stranger, and loyalty to an invisible God who promised that life could be based on justice and peace.
But Mr. Tate's definitive songs are pleas: for forgiveness, to end a tortured romance, to resist a woman's overwhelming charms.
The ISM is a scrappy collection of mainly youngsters, many Jewish, founded 'to provide the Palestinian people with a resource, international protection and a voice with which to resist non-violently, an overwhelming military occupation force'.
It can be overwhelming, and too tempting to resist.
Perhaps the most appealing aspect of the thong/telly/computer/fatty food threats is that, with all their unquantifiable ill effects, they originate outside the home, from mighty commercial forces too overwhelming for a parent to resist.
Colombia's new president faces overwhelming challenges, but none greater than to resist the temptation to fight the war through illegal or autocratic means.
