resists

Turns out that wool regulates temperature, repels water, wicks away moisture, and resists stains and dirt.

But this student also resists the idea that fraternities have a special responsibility to address sexual assault on campus.

But Obama resists allying with them, and mostly for the right reasons (and so as not to anger the Saudis).

Louie is the one who says "I love you"; Pamela is the one who resists.

And when the girls demand at bedtime that he “do the Beatles,” at first he resists—then finally relents.

There is a restiveness in human nature that resists compulsion, even to its own manifest advantage.

True love resists these shocks and comes out triumphant, but the other kind succumbs.

Seventh, his great thickness of cranium, which resists blows that would break the skull of an average European.

His skin is of a very firm texture, and so bound together that it often resists a bullet.

How far can Conservatism be induced to plan and construct before it resists the thrust towards change.