Sentence examples for we could resist from inspiring English sources
So when Tata announced, on returning to Sarajevo for a leave, that we would all spend the summer of '83 in Africa together, I felt a strange relief: if Azra and I were apart, we could resist temptation and eschew the taint that the body inflicts upon the soul.
It was bad enough that she was forced to stand for so much when alive – now that she is unable to reply, I'd hope that her little joys and tragedies would no longer have to teach or entertain, that we could resist seeing her as a character, at least for just a little while longer.
Or we could resist and assert our humanity.
"And then we would pray that tomorrow night we could resist the pleasures of the flesh... and that became a cycle".
Later when Bess is tempted and teased by Sporting Life and his drugs, we just know that Bess could resist if only someone was there for her.
Who could resist clicking?
What politician could resist?
Who could resist the spell?
Who could resist that one?
But really, who could resist?
