Example Sentences

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Writing on Twitter, the 34-year-old said: "I am resisting the temptation to give up entirely. As such, I require a short break".

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2022

I am resisting the urge to yell at him.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2022

“I am not trying to blame anyone, but I am resisting people blaming my family, that they are to blame fully for what happened. I have a huge problem with that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2020

I am resisting the cheap impulse to simply say, “Any.”

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2019

I am resisting your influence over me at this moment, with the strongest of all resolutions—the resolution of despair.

From I Say No by Collins, Wilkie