Resist in a sentence as a verb

CS covers so much, and everytime I see a list of "things you should know", I have to resist the urge to roll my eyes and ignore it.

Note to future outlaws: resist the temptation to make yourself famous by giving interviews.

Any tools which help us resist such tyranny, even at the risk and expense of civil disobedience, are to be applauded.

After your last proposal, I will resist this legal action well beyond what makes any financial sense, simply out of principal.

If you tried to force the magnet close to the aluminum at speed it would resist so strongly that you never managed to smash it into it with any kind of effectiveness.

As bystanders we should be very well aware that this experiment means absolutely nothing and resist his urges to conclude that it means that education is worthless.

While I understand and sympathise with the compulsion to resist surveillance in this practical, technological way, I think it might be the wrong reaction to the information.

Remember how sure they were that their protocol would be able to resist the eavesdropping efforts of the NSA and whatever other nefarious interlopers may come along?

[disclaimer: I'm married to the original tech/product co-founder who is no longer with the company]For the first time, I see a HN thread on a startup I know very well from the inside, how can I resist jumping in.?

You would forgive Google for spending millions of dollars over the last decade to work harder than virtually any other tech company on the Internet to resist NSA surveillance, thanklessly and quietly, or, when not quietly, under the duress of thousands of shrill, under-informed detractors?

Resist definitions

verb

elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"

See also: defy refuse

verb

stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

See also: withstand

verb

express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"

See also: protest dissent

verb

withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"

See also: stand fend

verb

resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

See also: reject refuse

verb

refuse to comply

See also: balk baulk