They have proven remarkably resilient, Administration officials asserted this week.
But the economy proved more resilient than the worriers expected.
However, in reality the 13-man game proved far more resilient.
But many smokers have proved resilient - whether it is outside a bar or an office building.
Yet in the long run, he added, Israelis have proved extraordinarily resilient.
When belief systems are unconscious, they may prove particularly resilient to change.
So far, American consumers have proved surprisingly resilient to the higher energy prices.
But sometimes, the psyche proves less resilient than the body.
He has proved more resilient than one would have hoped.
The red maple has proved resilient to all of this.