Sentences with 'resisting'
Example sentences and phrases with the word resisting and other words derived from it.
• « In the winter of 1932 - 1933 in particular, peasants throughout the USSR (and especially in the Ukraine) starved to death - probably around 3 million people died of starvation, and the process of collectivisation resulted in another 6 - 10 million deaths, including those who were executed for resisting. Thus, the total death toll was probably more than 10 million. »
• « As 1810 began, the situation in Spain became difficult for those resisting the French. The French continued to advance and took Seville in February, which led to the dissolution of the Central Junta. The Peninsula was thus left without any government and the authority that had appointed Cisneros viceroy of the Río de la Plata disappeared. Only the city of Cadiz remained free. »
• « Other slaves coped with the trauma of their situation by actively resisting their condition, either by defying their masters or by running away. »
• « The theory of nullification, or nullification of unwanted federal laws, provided wealthy slaveholders, who were a minority in the United States, with an argument for resisting the national government if it acted against their interests. »