6 sentences with 'resist'
Example sentences and phrases with the word resist and other words derived from it.
• « I resist, because I have started to get used to the experiences of the afterlife and I don't want to go back. I have feelings of joy, love and peace, but I am reunited with my physical body and I live... »
• « As noted, after 1848, even the kings came to accept that the popular desire of the nations was too strong to resist forever, and at least in Prussia, the idea that a conservative monarch might "use" nationalism to increase his power came to the fore. »
• « The Qajar shahs (kings) were also unable to resist the encroachment of European powers as they expanded their influence in Central Asia. »
• « In 1947, the United States published the Truman Doctrine, which promised to help people resist communism wherever it appeared - the doctrine's rhetoric was about defending free people who were threatened by foreign agents, but as became abundantly clear in the decades that followed, it was more important that people not be communists than that they be "free" from dictatorships. »
• « One man could not resist the temptation to snoop when his wife started receiving letters from a distant city. »
• « Having certain foods around can be terrible for your diet: If you really can't resist certain foods, eat them only sometimes. For example: if you're dying for cheesecake, enjoy it only in restaurants, so you can't sneak another slice. »