Example Sentences

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However, the eurozone’s economy has performed relatively resiliently against U.S. tariffs and geopolitical shifts in 2025, with gross domestic product growth expected to be 1.4%, from 0.9% in 2024, the ECB said in December.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Despite the bitter cold, despite the string of spirit-sapping losses, Buffalo fans are as bonded and passionate — and resiliently optimistic — as any in sports.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh both then fell cheaply, before Marnus Labuschagne, who batted resiliently for two off 52 balls, was trapped lbw by Mohammed Siraj.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

To watch Johnson resiliently parade down Christopher Street during Pride, her beaming smile accentuated by her signature glossy lip, is to see a revolution in heels.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2020

The fly-rod material must be springy and resiliently so, and the rod must be constructed so as to permit of this condition.

From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Bradford, Charles Barker