He wanted to know why they had taken it into their heads to revolt in the first instance and then to offer so desperate a resistance.

Later that evening, the Prussian reconquered the village house by house against desperate resistance.

The rest had no longer wished to expose themselves to our desperate resistance.

In the event, in spite of desperate resistance, the town fell in less than four days.

He didn't make a very desperate resistance, miss!

Meanwhile in the red chaos of the streets, Lages still carried on a desperate resistance.

The city had to be taken house by house against desperate resistance.

The whole attitude was that of desperate but ineffectual resistance to--what?

Her response startled Jiro, who had been prepared for anything from desperate resistance to a surprised scream.

At the time of the Arabian conquest, Istakhr offered a desperate resistance.