Of this corrupt affection yf thei be cleare / and only for Religions sake do resistethe wicked proceadinges of theyr hygher princes and Lordes / let them not thincke that they do herin anye vnrighteousnes at all.
When I knewe you were come, I prayed God I myght resiste your temptations, which I thanke him, he hath made me able to doe: therefore I pray you let me alone in peace.
Citizens defended thëselues, but their defence endured not, but were driuen to flie, being not able to resiste the force of theyr contraries.
But Cortez hauing intelligence of his dealing, did resiste and withstand his force.
Here loved be God, is al wel, and trewly determyned, and for to resiste the Malyse of him, that had best Cawse to be trew, the Duc of Bokyngham the most untrew Creature lyvynge.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "resiste" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.