Resisting

Examples

• The new life, on the other hand, was before all things capable of resisting great changes of temperature. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They are put together with a double-lapped spiral seam to give expansion-resisting qualities, and as an additional precaution small metal rings are slipped on the outside. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• To walk involves a displacement and reaction of the resisting earth, whose thrill is felt wherever there is matter. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Not at all, said Meyler; but, Stonyer being such a fool, there was no resisting the amusement of making him a cuckold. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Prince John had now no further excuse for resisting the claim of the Disinherited Knight, whom, therefore, he named the champion of the day. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In the case of wire rope it is the firmness with which the metal holds together that gives it its great resisting strength. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The islands of Guernsey and Jersey, without any means of resisting the authority of parliament, are more lightly taxed than any part of Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This is greatly increased by twisting the fibers together, and is added to by the toughness of the fibers themselves, the whole giving to rope a great resisting power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Resisting Sam's tender of his greatcoat, in order that he might have no encumbrance in scaling the wall, he set forth, followed by his attendant. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And he took it from her with a sort of quiet authority, to which she submitted passively, neither resisting him nor thanking him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There was no resisting it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Redwood’s hardihood, due to the natural acids in the wood, make it so weather-resisting that it will last just as long unpainted as it does painted. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There was no resisting so much apparent affection. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• This was true: and while he spoke my very conscience and reason turned traitors against me, and charged me with crime in resisting him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Instead of resisting Penelope, as she had done the moment before, she now let my daughter take her by the arm and lead her back to the house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Whatever it might be, it was perfectly clear that there was no possible use in my resisting, and that I could only wait to see what might befall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• You will hardly blame me for refusing to comply with this entreaty, or for resisting every repetition to it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• His brain seemed hard and invincible now like a jewel, there was no resisting him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• They have opposed pouring in from without, and absorbing like a sponge; they have attacked drilling in material as into hard and resisting rock. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• This accounts for the remarkable rot-resisting quality. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• That was the uneasy corner of Lydgate's consciousness while he was reviewing the facts and resisting all reproach. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He could only remember stoutly resisting her entreaty that he should await the returning family and have high tea with them before he drove home. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I could make any one's hair rise, and their teeth chatter, if I should only tell what I've seen and been knowing to, here,--and it's no use resisting! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I had calculated, you see, on her resisting. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It has been found to be of great service in resisting the attacks of torpedo boats. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I was resisting the soft influences of the climate as well as I could, and endeavoring to overcome the desire to be indolent and happy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I wanted to feel the thoughts whose force he seemed breasting and resisting. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But the military mind was still resisting the use of the tank, the obvious weapon for decision in trench warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In spite of myself, however, I felt an interest that there was no resisting. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• How far will they remain dark, obdurate, habitual, and traditional, resisting the convergent forces that offer them either unity or misery? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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