put up a struggle
Example Sentences
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He did not put up a struggle, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
Now Union Carbide faces a potential assault by corporate raiders who hope that the company is too distracted by its other woes to put up a struggle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Householders were horrified to find that their visitors had to be deloused, put up a struggle against taking a bath, often displayed questionable manners.
From Time Magazine Archive
She put up a struggle when Lucile tried to take off her Sunday coat.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Again he put up a struggle, and this time I watched him.
From The High Heart by King, Basil
