RESISTANT in a Sentence
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263 example sentences for RESISTANT, such as:
1. She cannot resist the / her itch to travel.
2. Southerners can never resist a losing cause.
3. The magnetic pull of the city was hard to resist.
4. A healthy diet creates a body resistant to disease.
5. This new type of infection is resistant to antibiotics.
2. Southerners can never resist a losing cause.
3. The magnetic pull of the city was hard to resist.
4. A healthy diet creates a body resistant to disease.
5. This new type of infection is resistant to antibiotics.
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Meanings and Examples of RESISTANT
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resistant
a. able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress
a. incapable of absorbing or mixing with
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 It went off at a jump and she felt the wheels pass over something soft, something resistant.
2 She perceived that her will had blazed up, stubborn and resistant.
3 Moreover to light a fire is the instinctive and resistant act of man when, at the winter ingress, the curfew is sounded throughout Nature.
4 For the first time he stole his arm about her, and she did not resist.
5 Besides, she had a childish love of surprise packages and could not resist opening his gifts.
6 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.
7 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.
8 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.
9 Southerners can never resist a losing cause.
10 With Yankee soldiers everywhere, the state officials could do little but protest and resist.
11 Protests and efforts to resist accomplished nothing, for the state government was being upheld and supported by the power of the United States Army.
12 "I wanted to see you," he said; and she could not resist observing in reply that he had kept his wishes under remarkable control.
13 It was the temptation she was always struggling to resist.
14 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.
15 In fact I could not have resisted, and had no desire to resist.
Example Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
1 The more pesticides are used, the more resistant the insects become so the more pesticides have to be used.
2 This new type of infection is resistant to antibiotics.
3 A healthy diet creates a body resistant to disease.
4 These bacteria have mutated into forms that are resistant to certain drugs.
5 They imposed their government by force on the resistant population.
6 The cuticle of a plant is the extremely resistant layer protecting the plant.
7 Finding an effective drug could take up to ten years, but the technology could prove useful in probing other drug resistant diseases such as HIV.
8 His moderate Democratic Party lacks an outright majority, and coalition partners remain resistant to change.
9 I knew she wouldn't be able to resist pairing me off with someone.
10 General Rattigan summoned reinforcements to help resist the attack.
11 The bag of sweets on the table was too strong a temptation for the child to resist.
12 Anyone who tries to resist the spread of new technology is fighting a losing battle.
13 She cannot resist the / her itch to travel.
14 The magnetic pull of the city was hard to resist.
15 His inability to resist temptation would eventually cost him his freedom.