RESIST in a Sentence

Learn RESIST from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
263 example sentences for RESIST, such as:
1. She cannot resist the / her itch to travel.
2. Southerners can never resist a losing cause.
3. You have to learn to resist the sales patter.
4. The magnetic pull of the city was hard to resist.
5. The media can't resist kicking a man when he's down.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of RESIST
resist
 v.  resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
 v.  express opposition through action or words
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  For the first time he stole his arm about her, and she did not resist.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  Besides, she had a childish love of surprise packages and could not resist opening his gifts.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
3  There were few ladies who could resist his charms when he chose to exert them, and finally even Mrs. Merriwether unbent and invited him to Sunday dinner.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
4  He could no more resist pricking the conceits, the hypocrisies and the flamboyant patriotism of those about him than a small boy can resist putting a pin into a balloon.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  For a moment the expression Mammy was wont to describe to herself as "bullheaded" flitted over her young mistress' face and then it passed into a smile, so difficult for Mammy to resist.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
6  Southerners can never resist a losing cause.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
7  With Yankee soldiers everywhere, the state officials could do little but protest and resist.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
8  Protests and efforts to resist accomplished nothing, for the state government was being upheld and supported by the power of the United States Army.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
9  "I wanted to see you," he said; and she could not resist observing in reply that he had kept his wishes under remarkable control.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
10  It was the temptation she was always struggling to resist.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
11  The next day was exceedingly still and sultry, and with nothing special to engage them, the Pequod's crew could hardly resist the spell of sleep induced by such a vacant sea.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale.
12  In fact I could not have resisted, and had no desire to resist.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In III
13  He was so hungry this time that he could not resist the hot beef stew, an indulgence which cut short his stay by a considerable time.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
14  Cora could not resist the desire to look upon her youthful sister, in whose eyes she met an imploring glance, that betrayed the longings of nature.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
15  It is possible my glasses have deceived me, and that your works resist our cannon better than I had supposed.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
Example Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
1  I knew she wouldn't be able to resist pairing me off with someone.
2  General Rattigan summoned reinforcements to help resist the attack.
3  The bag of sweets on the table was too strong a temptation for the child to resist.
4  Anyone who tries to resist the spread of new technology is fighting a losing battle.
5  She cannot resist the / her itch to travel.
6  The magnetic pull of the city was hard to resist.
7  His inability to resist temptation would eventually cost him his freedom.
8  This section explores how mothers resist the impact of poverty on the health of their children.
9  You have to learn to resist the sales patter.
10  The media can't resist kicking a man when he's down.
11  They are determined to resist pressure to change the law.
12  Unable to resist the impulse, he glanced at the sea again.
13  The food that I can't resist is never the healthy stuff.
14  I just can't resist that adorable face and those amazing blue eyes!
15  Faced by almost insurmountable obstacles, the members of the underground maintained their courage and will to resist.