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Example sentences for: resisted

How can you use “resisted” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Despite its proximity to a main tourist enclave, and two excellent beaches of its own, it has resisted blatant commercialization, remaining a traditional fishermen’s settlement.
(I resisted.)
Employees and managers resisted making changes because they had to work in new and unfamiliar ways.
Chicago has resisted institutional peer pressure for 50 years.
The Journal account of Zinni's appearance reports that he also resisted calls to expand the U.S. air campaign against Iraq to include attacking airfields.