"I think we each did something that cut against our desire back there," he said.

She armed herself against her own painful desire and concentrated on responding to his words.

But the egos of most managers work against their desire for deception.

But he dismissed the idea, thinking perhaps that it could work against his real desire.

I hoped she might have been forced into it, against her own desire and recollection.

Thus, it is necessary to align the individual against his desire not to conform.

Even Roman security is not proof against 1 man's desire to look at naked women.

As the ten minutes passed, Delmuth fought against his previous desire to begin a search.

He stood quite still and fought against his desire to flee.

It went against his usual desire to learn everything possible despite the risks.