I could feel the cold, stiff resistance to his words among the passengers, but not a single one of us turned to look at him.

But efforts to promote the project have run into stiff resistance.

But again, the troops met far stiffer resistance than expected.

Despite a stiff resistance by the south, the province would fall later in the day.

The last two projects were expected to meet stiff congressional resistance.

Other ideas are likely to face stiff resistance from the agencies.

The mission, which took shape last week, has run into stiff resistance from the Administration.

But this attack met stiff resistance from the start and made no progress.

Anyone trying to get me would encounter stiff resistance by my staff.

His proposals met with stiff resistance from the staff, the parents and the students of the school.