"resistance" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- This brought the Order almost to the point of dissolution, but it recovered sufficiently to offer strenuous resistance to the advance of the teachings of the Protestant Reformation .
- Ecuador was brought under Spanish rule by Sebastián de Belalcázar in 1534 in spite of strenuous resistance by the indigenous tribes.
- Seven's weapon arm slowly lowered, pushing back against Evergreen's strenuous resistance, while the combative older man stumbled backward involuntarily, losing ground.
- The women tell similar stories: that Mr. Packwood arranged to get them alone, then tried to kiss and fondle them, often provoking strenuous resistance.
- Second, they can continue their program of strenuous resistance, fighting every case to the bitter end.
- On 25 June, the 11 Italian battalions guarding the summit were attacked by Austrian shock troops which retook it, the strenuous Italian resistance notwithstanding.
- There was some strenuous resistance, but I performed as necessary, even to distasteful bloodshed, and we won free and set sail by night.
- The archeologists had to overcome strenuous resistance from the Salvadoran Government to do their investigation.
- Despite Brundage's strenuous resistance the commercialisation of the Games continued during the 1960s, and revenue generated by corporate sponsorship swelled the IOC's coffers.
- After a strenuous resistance to Russian conquest, and much suffering at a later period from Kyrgyz and Kalmyk raids, they now live by agriculture-either in separate villages or along with Russians.
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