Examples of 'was able to resist' in a sentence

Meaning of "was able to resist"

was able to resist: This phrase generally refers to someone or something successfully refusing to give in to a particular influence or temptation, demonstrating strength or resilience in the face of adversity

How to use "was able to resist" in a sentence

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was able to resist
She was able to resist pressure but not people.
Only Wolverine was able to resist.
He was able to resist my bliss.
He tried three times and every time I was able to resist him.
The industry was able to resist the price pressure for a time.
For two days, he spurred on his men and was able to resist two assaults.
I was able to resist though.
Until tonight I was able to resist.
He was able to resist several attacks by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn in the following years.
Fortunately, the Commission was able to resist.
I am glad that He was able to resist the temptation of the devil.
It was a challenge not to open the box, but I was able to resist.
The garrison at the fort was able to resist a Cherokee attack during the war.
Probably out of a sense of self-preservation, I was able to resist.
There he was able to resist the Allied forces in this section for several weeks.

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To abort the seizure. Ellen was able to resist the coming of a.
She was able to resist all that in a paper robe?
Though FROLINAT was plagued by rivalry and division, it was able to resist Tombalbaye 's authoritarianism.
Lp62 was able to resist gastrointestinal environment and storage time in a food matrix.
Now it 's possible that 's the reason she was able to resist the infection.
This I was able to resist long enough to snap a photo,.
As a large middle-income country, Brazil was able to resist this pressure.
He was able to resist vomiting his blood out there-and-then.
However, with Churchill's assistance, he was able to resist the pressure.
Stefan, he was able to resist compulsion.
Yeah . Now it 's possible that 's the reason she was able to resist the infection.
Yep, and which he was able to resist every time we accused him.
Naquadah? - Yeah. Now it's possible that's the reason she was able to resist the infection.
However, Captain America was able to resist the serum 's effects, spilling a convincing cover story.
The Choe regime lasted 60 years, during which Goryeo was able to resist the Mongol invasions.
If I was able to resist my temptations before, then why should I stop doing that now? ".
Caroline 's dad! Stefan, he was able to resist compulsion.
India was able to resist the worst effects of the global Economic crisis of 2008.
It's possible that's the reason she was able to resist the infection. - Yeah.

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