resister

Example Sentences

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A strong, composed resister is turned into a weeping, weak failure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Then, six months later, the decision by the world’s third-ranked player and an early resister of LIV, Jon Rahm, to move to that league for a contract reported in the neighborhood of $500 million.

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2023

By treating every person as a fallible human, a descendant of one resister said, “the whole wartime disappears into a grayish state.”

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023

Dutch resister Erik Hazelhoff spoke for many when he said: “In the life of every person there are moments when he says to himself: ‘Tja, this won’t do.’

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

He always assumes the rôle of passive resister, and is always defeated with ignominy.

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.