resist
verb (used with object)
to withstand, strive against, or oppose.
resistingly
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a word derived from
resist.
Example Sentences
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If we may judge from the half-relenting expression of his countenance, we can safely conclude that the wife will not sue in vain, although he still resistingly grasps his musket with one hand.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
And then he said resistingly, “I will go to London.”
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
To yield is dreadful: but resistingly To face the blow of fate, is full of dread.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
Reluctantly, almost resistingly, the visitor stumbled after him, casting backward amazed glances at the beautiful lady.
From The Red Cross Girl by Richard Harding Davis
It was fearlessly and resistingly across the path of his advance that Lady Sandgate had thrown herself, and indeed with such success that he soon connected her demonstration with a particular motive.
From The Outcry by Henry James
