Synonyms

1. opposition

Sentence Examples

1. Now, this is precisely what ought to be the case, if we suppose a resistance experienced from the comet from an extremely rare ethereal medium pervading the regions of its orbit.
2. I could feel her resistance as I made her roll a few more times.
3. I tug at the drawers knowing they are locked and, feeling the resistance, I desist.
4. It could be turned flat, and directed upwards or downwards, as well as to the right or left and thus enabled the æronaut to transfer the resistance of the air which in an inclined position it must generate in its passage, to any side upon which he might desire to act thus determining the balloon in the opposite direction.
5. He of the green gaban would have offered resistance, but he found himself ill-matched as to arms, and did not think it prudent to come to blows with a madman, for such Don Quixote now showed himself to be in every respect and the latter, renewing his commands to the keeper and repeating his threats, gave warning to the gentleman to spur his mare, Sancho his Dapple, and the carter his mules, all striving to get away from the cart as far as they could before the lions broke loose.
6. The men came in the early hours, brandishing the Presidential Executive Order, and enough force of arms to stop any kind of meaningful resistance.
7. A hold in Alfheim will gain you the advantage to move troops into Viken and everything west of the Raumelfr without resistance.
8. So the boys offered no resistance as they were led to a black Hummer stretch limo parked sideways across the garage floor.
9. Most of the Healers Kila had known took this vow very seriously, considering themselves duty-bound to serve Aima, Lady of Life, and their sense of mission meant that they were renowned for their resistance to corruption.
10. On the 26th they fell in with a squadron of Algerine galleys, and after a stout resistance were overpowered and carried into Algiers.