resisted

[resisted]

To resist something is to keep it at bay or to fend off its influence or advance. You might not be able to resist the temptation to sneak out to the dance in spite of your parents' objections.

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imp. & p. p.
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Usage Examples

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful.

The abuse of faith has to be resisted precisely.

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Other Usage Examples

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

The problem is, is that President Bush and the Republican leadership in the Congress have resisted attempts to increase dramatically our fuel economy standards over the last five years.

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.