resist
verb (used with object)
to withstand, strive against, or oppose.
has resisted
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present perfectof resist (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“He has resisted that temptation so far,” O’Hanlon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
McKinsey has resisted becoming a corporation, opting to maintain the relatively flat partnership structure that it has had for much of its 100-year history, Sternfels said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
France, by contrast, has resisted some of Europe's fertility decline.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
People want her to come down hard on one side or the other about family vloggers — with many snarkers wanting to be vindicated for their hatred — but she has resisted.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Though she knows it’s not his fault, she can’t help but associate him, at times, with a sense of resignation, with the very life she has resisted, has struggled so mightily to leave behind.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
