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Example sentences for: resists

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

She complains that India has it backward: The country resists Westernization in the cultural realm (literature, fashion, film) but joins the West in nuclear proliferation.
Americans spend $30 billion a year on weight-loss programs, but obesity resists treatment more tenaciously than do viruses--90 percent to 95 percent of people who lose weight eventually regain it.
But even when parents were asked if they would prefer other arrangements--and who among us resists betterment?
They demand subsidies and threaten to brand the middle-class with philistinism if it resists.
People who write for the NYTBR all have stories about how the section resists strong criticism and colorful writing.