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Sentence Examples Newton analysed the motion of bodies in resisting and non-resisting media under the action of centripetal forces. Wilkes had stabbed Christie while resisting arrest, for which he was indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang. No, the they are resisting because they want to control their own destiny, rather than be dictated to by a foreign occupier. And he should show some of it now by resisting the urge to zap his hair into Warneyesque fulsomeness. They will face charges of obscene language, throwing missiles and resisting arrest. It also employed black troopers in the Native Mounted Police for punitive expeditions to track down and kill resisting tribes. But resisting his blandishments, the German foreign minister began to fulminate for the cameras. The performance of rotary cutting tools is determined by tool geometry, tungsten carbide and wear resisting coating. For the moment he has been resisting the president's blandishments and coaxing on the war policy. His hand twitched, as though resisting the urge to rise to his moustaches for a bit of compulsive twirling. The ragtag Republican forces, resisting him in their forlorn fight against fascism, had encircled the town. Veteran students joined senior faculty in resisting Bolshevik assaults on academic autonomy. Through their counterstories I demonstrate that teacher insurgents are actively resisting English-only policies and promoting bilingualism. The trauma of resisting developers had seen him end up in a geriatric hospital and his friends had quickly moved in to squat the house. Here I follow Lawrence Lipking's spirited and unhackneyed essay in resisting any clear or settled message. And 25 winding kilometres away, the entertainment boom town of Branson is resisting. By 1806 Britain found herself in an unlikely alliance with the papal states resisting Napoleonic bullying and fire-power. Unfortunately retailer buyers in America are resisting the urge to buy PCs in droves. I wish they had chosen the way of non-violence in resisting what they rightly regard as an unwarrantable encroachment upon their country. I have a very strong feeling in the Andante Cantabile of the players only just resisting the temptation to portamento slides between the notes. Show More Sentences They spin out conservative versions of an already entrenched style, pointedly resisting the challenges presented by artists like Leonardo. The Iranian government, until now, has refused to accept their return as part of a general policy of resisting involuntary repatriations. Bad loans were ballooning, costs were skyrocketing, and warring fiefdoms from its three merged banks were resisting change. About the time we should have been taking on grownup responsibilities we made a fetish of resisting the Establishment. More oldsters seem to be resisting direct deposit, the Associated Press reports. The fur naps to the rear, thus sliding forward and resisting backward movement. Mineral crystal is glass, which is composed of several elements that aid in resisting scratches. But after resisting the inevitable for so long, they had to opt for change. By resisting the temptation to be weightily profound, the story succeeds in telling useful truths with a touch of levity. Hidden from civilisation and resisting all attempts at contact, they had kept to themselves. Defying the age of celebrity, and resisting the lucrative market for antiquities, the property owner kept mum about his treasure for decades. Gibson is charged with receiving stolen property, resisting arrest, firearms violations and drug charges. The rest of the known conspirators were hunted down or died while resisting arrest. Thus, though he advises against resisting superior force with force, he makes us feelingly understand why Doalty and Owen would do so. I'm not sure my point was about marshalling the judgment of history so much as resisting the indiscrimination of contemporaneity. The delegitimization of resisting combatants is continued in accompanying descriptions of the activities of the fedayeen and other militias. He nodded, successfully resisting the sudden impulse to reach for her hand. When they fell into disuse I kept them out of perversity more than anything else, resisting change. The coat should be flat and dense, of a coarsish texture and oily nature, and capable of resisting water. Around 10, 500 US dockers have been locked out of ports along the US West Coast for resisting the bosses' attacks. Show More Sentences Intensely beautiful, this is also a durable plant, even resisting the attention of grazing deer. I spent this period of instruction trying to stifle yawns and resisting saying how old-hat this all seemed. The Irish Land League of 1879 renewed the campaign, organizing rent strikes and boycotts and resisting evictions. Authorities charged them both with trespassing, peace disturbance, and resisting arrest. Simply put, the micro-cracking of the more brittle cement matrix engages the more ductile fibers in resisting the load. It meant resisting the temptation to chase off after secondary objectives and, in the process, dissipate resources. Gyroscopes create their own force through spinning, thereby resisting the effects of gravity. Campaigners in Stow and Bourton have vowed to continue resisting the proposals. Catherine and her guardian angel prove him wrong by resisting and dispersing the spirits. It would certainly assist artists in resisting the argument that contemporary society represents the final stage of human development. I expect I'll spend most of the day resisting going and buying another packet, and then the remainder of the day eating them. You might be arrested for provoking or bad-mouthing police, resisting physically, or running away. He said he tried to arrest the defendant but he kept resisting and he eventually had to call for back-up. It is a role we should embrace with real confidence, resisting nostalgia, refusing to retreat into isolationism. On 7 September, resisting confinement in the post guardhouse, he received a fatal wound from a soldier's bayonet. The party focused on parliament, not mass action, and its leaders had no strategy for resisting fascism. Local homeowners are resisting the attempts by the city to condemn their land, but their prospects are dim. Both shared an interest in resisting the amoral libertarianism of bohemians and rationalists. Whether his weekly column was on writing clearly, resisting tyranny or making tea, he always made it sound like a matter of life and death. However, he was a soldier true at heart and would never surrender without resisting with all the means at his disposal. Show More Sentences High carbon Ni-Cr-Mo cast iron is useful for resisting thermal shock in applications such as die-casting moulds and brake-drums. By making my own sandwiches and resisting temptation by not grazing on snacks at my desk all day, I reckon I could save a fiver a day. He blends surmise, fact and hypothesis with impressive ease, resisting the temptation to sink into melodrama. The examiner grasps the wrist, resisting attempts by the patient to actively supinate the arm and flex the elbow. It espoused ideas of the freeborn Englishman resisting the arbitrary powers of his masters and praying in his nonconformist chapel. Employers will have a hard time resisting the sandwich generation's demands because fewer people are entering the work force each year. Against her are three counts of high treason, one count grand theft auto, one count resisting custody, one count unordered arson. By defending their innocence and resisting fascism, the Rosenbergs literally broke the back of the Cold War. Why is it when, after greatly resisting temptation you eventually weaken and submit to its manipulative forces? Steel plates connect the flanges of the columns, producing an in-situ tensile membrane capable of resisting loads up to 50 psi. I also pointed out that the Maquis were not a force resisting colonialism in the sense of the term we understand either in the Raj or in Iraq. Mortimer was one of the most powerful marcher barons of Henry III's reign and preoccupied with resisting Welsh advance. Is it merely a matter of impulse control, the same as a married person resisting the daily barrage of sexual imagery in everyday life? He had dallied for weeks before pursuing the defeated Confederate army into Virginia, even resisting direct orders to advance. The U.S. Army has a manual on resisting indoctrination when a prisoner of war. The man is single-minded, stubborn even, and it seems odd that after repeatedly resisting the heartfelt pleas of his countrymen, Larsson might renege on his solemn vow. A Wexford fishmonger who has being selling fish from the back of a refrigerated van in Portlaoise is resisting moves by Laois County Council to stop her from trading. The scapegoat is invariably an outsider, existing at the margins of a community, and resisting its core values. But after resisting eddie, Frank makes his visit, and the dying man confesses a disturbing secret from decades ago. Thus it is that the whiteness of white men resides in the tragic quality of their giving way to darkness and the heroism of channeling or resisting it. Show More Sentences One important measure in resisting infection is to quit smoking. In fact, if that's the motive of the government, them I think we've just identified the best argument for resisting the abolition of jury trials for fraud. The music sometimes sounding like the exorcism of a multitude of demons, each one of whom was mightily resisting his expulsion. The starter motor spun the crankshaft through a few revolutions, easily resisting the cold, gluey oil that clings to the bearings and cylinder walls. The argumentative tradition, if used with deliberation and commitment, can also be extremely important in resisting social inequalities and removing poverty and deprivation. The Calvinists also thought the Lutherans were too docile politically, and the Lutherans accused the Calvinists of resisting the legitimate Prince. Wells transformed old cheating and heart songs into soul music by resisting the overplay of emotion, writes singer Laura Cantrell. Once the Manchus were toppled, he saw his mission as uniting China under one military force, ending warlordism, and resisting the Japanese occupation of Chinese territory. Human beings are creatures of peace, and we shouldn't resist our natures, but when everyone else around you seem to be resisting their natures it's difficult for me not to. At least for now, Modern Family is taking the less-is-more approach, and resisting turning it into The lily Show. Still resisting categorization, Wesley's recent paintings are as reductive in their affect as they are misleadingly decorative and occasionally funny. Orthodox faiths that unite in resisting religious liberalism and modernism may nonetheless disagree about the content of theology and about its social implications. Surely we would save a lot of money and resources and unburden an overwhelmed medical industry by expanding our knowledge and understanding instead of resisting. A higher level of moral reasoning, on the other hand, is associated with resisting the temptation to succumb to outside pressures to act unethically. The simple bun does its duty, holding up well and resisting sogginess. A few liberal blogs are resisting the conclusions and some hair-splitting is going on about micro-details of line spacing and superscript heights. I was resisting the urge to become annoyed, but when I got to the part where Tacky does a splashy cannonball Matt shut the book with a snap and jumped off my lap. This could be an important step toward publicly and collectively resisting these pressures, toward rebuilding the pedagogy course on our own terms. These include public violence, throwing articles at persons, vehicles, gatherings conducing to riot, disorder or intolerance, and assaulting or resisting peace officer. She is not easily fooled and confronts him for not resisting the pressure. Show More Sentences The fire certainly paid no heed to the efforts of men, jumping fire lines and resisting every effort to contain it until cooler weather and moisture helped shut it down. After resisting his pull for a moment Jordan's head buried itself in his shoulder, and she willingly allowed the burden to be handed over, her body convulsing with sobs. It's all very well for old fogies, with their pensions and their paid-up mortgages, to wander ghost-like about their business in a tatty, run-down town, resisting change. Sam stopped resisting after a bit, finding it to be a fruitless endeavor. Products on display included automotive rubber parts like oil seals, o-rings and gaskets, clutches and brakes and acid resisting bricks and mortars. Behind this variety was a unity of purpose which strengthened Shakespeare in resisting the pressure from his contemporaries to conform to pseudo-classical ideals. Under his model, granters would work directly with grantees, sharing their business skills but resisting the temptation to meddle with program delivery. With spirits whirling through his Christmas, Dickens still has one hand nudging at your elbow and another just resisting a clutch at a pretty girl's skirt. They played with the spirit and gumption that made them world champions, resisting all temptation to throw in the towel or play for outright draws. Who would blame them for resisting engagement in this project? The man, identified as Ehud Halevi, was allegedly resisting arrest for sleeping in a synagogue outreach centre last Monday. Three people were arrested by Paphos police on Tuesday on suspicion of theft, assault and battery and resisting arrest. A MARSH man who punched a police of-ficer while resisting arrest for breaching a restraining order has been jailed for 16 weeks. Ceawlin overcame pockets of resisting Britons to the northeast, in the Chilterns, Gloucestershire and Somerset. After resisting it for many years, Edward began intervening in parliament in the second half of his reign to achieve his own political aims. She counters the tendency to focus on critical strategies of resisting the male gaze, raising the issue of the female spectator. In the Parliament of 1254, Simon led the opposition in resisting a royal demand for a subsidy. Cultures are internally affected by both forces encouraging change and forces resisting change. Some Highland chieftains therefore viewed Jacobitism as a means of resisting hostile government intrusion into their territories. On the other hand, Millerites succeeded in resisting annexation at this time. Show More Sentences She kept resisting the command only to be woken up by it yet again. Or they must be stubbornly resisting dominant norms because they did not want to fit in. Recently another woman was shot dead for resisting rape in Meghalaya. In ten years, the Danes had gained control over East Anglia, Northumbria and Mercia, leaving just Wessex resisting. She accomplishes this by resisting any effort by Leontes or the other nobles to forget the incomparability of Hermione. Finally, sponsors and their brokers are getting better at resisting the siren call of overpriced private placements. I think audience members will have a hard time resisting her charm. Sources said a judge remanded the troops in custody yesterday on suspicion of assault, causing criminal damage and resisting arrest. At the same time, such stems were useful in resisting burial due to slumping and alluviation. Worker's comp insurers, however, are resisting paying for medical monitoring, and if no claim has even been filed, then forget it. There is the negative thanatolatry of resisting death at all cost and so bowing before death's domination, before death as extermination. With all the other kingdoms having fallen to the Vikings, Wessex alone was still resisting. In England, implementation was less even, with some counties and individual schools successfully resisting conversion or closure. The bill removed political power from plantation owners who were resisting measures associated with the abolition of slavery. At the same time, there was tremendous social volatility in the aftermath of war, with many whites actively resisting defeat. This adaptation allows the chest to compress during deep dives as opposed to resisting the force of water pressure. He was accused of both racism, for resisting exclusion of apartheid South Africa, and antisemitism. A man suspected of taking and possessing illegal painkillers broke the knee of a policeman while resisting arrest, Dubai Court of First instance was told. Zimmerman faces charges of possession of heroin, felon in possession of a weapon, third-degree theft, interfering with police and resisting arrest. Then he starts moving down a path that starts to create change, but he's also resisting it as much as he wants to move toward that kind of siren call. Show More Sentences His warnings about resisting any advances are rebuffed by the stubborn swordswoman and she is soon being carried off to the woods for an unfortunate end. They went on to be a significant force resisting the Beeching proposals. In 1944, with the war now turning in the Allies' favour, Dunglass spoke eloquently about the importance of resisting the Soviet Union's ambition to dominate eastern Europe. Some modern critics, such as Patricia Clemit and Jane Blumberg, have taken the same view, resisting autobiographical readings of Mary Shelley's works. In March 2009, The European Union Presidency confirmed that the EU was at the time strongly resisting the US pressure to increase European budget deficits. We're resisting any cheap jibes about the same thing happening in Scotland at the moment, with the legacy of a certain Goliathan outfit in Division Three. Still strenuously resisting legalitarian socialism as treason to the cause, he had abandoned the values of his Bakuninist youth without yet finding replacements for them. In 1387, Ming forces defeated the Mongol commander Naghachu's resisting forces who settled in the Haixi area and began to summon the Jurchen tribes to pay tribute. Besides stressing the importance of upholding spiritual over materialistic values, it also stresses resisting cultural dominance by Europe and the United States. Each dose took 30-45 minutes lying in the prone position, inserting the suppository with her finger and resisting the urgency to release the medication. In 1093, Rhys was killed in unknown circumstances while resisting their expansion into Brycheiniog and his son Gruffydd was briefly thrown into exile. Jesse Alexander Wright, 30, is charged with assault on a public safety officer, second-degree illegal use of a stun gun, resisting arrest and second-degree criminal trespass. Examples from Classical Literature Anaximenes believes that the stars are forced by a condensed and resisting air. The ductile iron gives a very low resisting power, its duty being to hold the steel face up to its work. On the other hand, their malleability, ductility, and power of resisting oxygen is generally diminished. Why should he spoil his life of egotistical pleasure by resisting that mad creature? This is only a sample of its toughness and resisting power all along the line. The white cast iron is stronger than the grey, but being more brittle it is not so suitable for resisting suddenly applied loads. They tell us plainly that resisting these illusions with truth renders them nugatory. Certain cases resisting such procedures are best treated with a plaster of Paris cast to immobilize the part for several months. This groove receives a steel band acting as a tension member and resisting the lateral pressure of the grain. If they imprison you for resisting their tyrannies, others will take your place. On his resisting the warrant which was then made out for his arrest, he was outlawed. They had to be streamlined to pierce the thick, resisting part of the atmosphere. Though he was himself an invader, he felt that the Burmans did no wrong in resisting him. As soon as a leucocyte touches a resisting body it reacts to the contact by applying the largest possible surface to it. You will scarcely think of resisting a king's officer in British waters! Outside, the knit fabric is soft, but tough, resisting wear when rubbing against waders as you hike in the decoys. They are resisting patriarchal control of their own lives, which is a threat to hierarchical absolutism in general. Carr hesitated, resisting the impulse to take Mado at his word. As for coquetting, quibbling, resisting, she never once thought of it. After resisting for some time, she yielded to the impulse, and armed with a book to return, went over to the big house. Show More Sentences Monsieur would wish to see my camp, and witness for himself our numbers, and the impossibility of his resisting them with success? And have not the same reasons prevented the State from resisting the Union which have prevented them from resisting the State? I wanted to feel the thoughts whose force he seemed breasting and resisting. Prince John had now no further excuse for resisting the claim of the Disinherited Knight, whom, therefore, he named the champion of the day. That was the uneasy corner of Lydgate's consciousness while he was reviewing the facts and resisting all reproach. Why am I resisting taking mood medications, an option that millions of my fellow citizens have already chosen? I wish to God I were back there and the Hun was still resisting. However, although the 'taboo' was a ticklish thing to meddle with, I determined to test its capabilities of resisting an attack. The finding, in mice, suggests the old wives' tale about resisting the urge to scratch an itch has a scientific basis. He could only remember stoutly resisting her entreaty that he should await the returning family and have high tea with them before he drove home. There was no resisting that prayer, it seemed so like the last. It was like resisting a dumb spirit and forcing the words from my lips. Gently he tried to pry their resisting hands away from hers. The progressive force is accumulative, the resisting force is constant. The resisting power of numbers, the unattackable stolidity of a great multitude, was the haunting fear of his sinister loneliness. But to us, in our lapsed estate, resting, not advancing, resisting, not cooperating with the divine expansion, this growth comes by shocks. Though inward-looking, coalitions seek to preserve allocations to statist and military-industrial complexes, resisting external pressures for liberalization. One would have thought it a suit of armour, both supple and resisting. Yates, 61, of 35 Camelot Drive, Worcester, charged with resisting arrest and assault and battery on a person over 60 years old or disabled with an injury, continued to Sept. And yet I did not despise him the more for it, but thought it a redeeming quality in him if he could be allowed any grace for not resisting one so irresistible as Steerforth. Show More Sentences Graphite from the pencil point is a good heat resisting lubricator. Anthony had no harder fight with the ladies he was unpolite enough to call demons, than I in resisting the temptation to take another look at that pen-and-ink love making. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of resisting? Words that rhyme with resisting What is the plural of resisting? What is the adverb for resisting? What is the adjective for resisting? What is the noun for resisting? Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words resistible resisters resister resistent resisted resistant resistive resistively resistivity resistless resistor resistors 9-letter Words Starting With r re res resi resis resist resisti resistin