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Example sentences for: resisting

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

When Clinton says, "Let us resist the temptation to copy ourselves," it comes from a man not known for resisting other temptations of the flesh.
More miscellany: Russian President Boris Yeltsin fired his top two military officers for resisting budget cuts and reforms.
University of Wisconsin soil science professor Joel Pedersen has discovered that abnormally folded prions stick to the surface of some soil types, such as clay, resisting environmental and chemical damage.
Admirably (to many) resisting this commercial tide, the NewsHour seems even more civil and staid.
Resisting empty populism doesn't have to mean a haughty elitism.