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This time the charge was down-hill, which doubled its speed and resistlessness.

From The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

Whatever manifestations of egotism, whatever strokes of self-assertion come from such men, come in the very burst and phrenzy of their passing resistlessness.

From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David

The gates leading to the Place du Carrousel were soon shattered beneath the blows of axes, and the human torrent poured in with the resistlessness of a flood.

From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Lady Mallowe had many resources, and above all she knew how to weary her into resistlessness which was almost indifference.

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

The sight of his resistlessness seemed to madden Lord Nick.

From Gunman's Reckoning by Brand, Max