resistless
Americanadjective
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unresisting
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irresistible
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of resistless
Example Sentences
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God Is My Co-Pilot reports the resistless rush which carried Colonel Scott from an aerodynamic boyhood in Georgia to a fighter plane over China.
From Time Magazine Archive
The truth can never be known, but assuredly, in the third set of this match, he became what his supporters say he is�the pale resistless nonpareil of tennis.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Our population is destined to roll its resistless waves to the icy barriers of the north," said William Henry Seward 101 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
While the grey, resistless German tide swept over Belgium, the banner of Imperial Germany flaunted black, white and red from the captured palace of Albert, King of the Belgians, at Brussels.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Count saw his victory in my bow, and his mastery in the trouble of my face, for he began at once to use them, but in his own smooth, resistless way:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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