Example Sentences

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But before the U.S. launched its airstrikes, the Gulf governments had been resisting the prospect of a U.S. attack, fearing that it could provoke a regional conflict that would envelop them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The White House had been resisting a US Supreme Court order from April to "facilitate" his return after he was sent to a mega-jail in El Salvador alongside more than 250 other deportees.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025

Prosecutors said the man — Terry Laffitte — had been resisting, so they deemed the shooting lawful.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2023

Mr. Umerov, a member of Ukraine’s Parliament from the progressive Holos party, dismissed the notion that the Ukrainians had been resisting constructive talks.

From New York Times • May 17, 2022

Yet, had whites been paying attention, they would have known that blacks had been resisting segregation since Jim Crow laws were first enacted.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson