And those feelings could work to undermine their ability to resist the pressures that the coming hours or days would bring.

I don't know what they have seen in the last 15 years to give them confidence about Congress' ability to resist its own temptations.

Maybe because I'm a Dancer, and we have the ability to resist her.

It takes time for a chancellor to master the board's budget and overcome the school system's ability to resist change.

The fort surrendered at 1530, having lost its ability to resist.

That had never happened before, and she wasn't certain of her ability to resist it.

These drugs inhibit a person's ability to resist sexual assault.

"They still have the urge, but their ability to resist is increased."

The local forces had little ability to resist the French conquest.

They had no ability to resist and were not engaged in any unlawful behavior.