stout resistance

The place was carried by assault after a very stout resistance in 1819.

The stout resistance has given way to a kind of austerity chic.

Did the children and their mothers offer stout resistance to your massed attack?

The new theology met stout resistance within the churches.

She was 4-1 down but showed stout resistance as Kvitova goes long with an attempted winner.

But if we go from stout resistance to quick withdrawal, they will observe something is amiss."

Kvinitadze, with his cadets, put up a stout resistance and successfully defended the building.

He was something of a hero in his time, as he led a stout resistance to the Turkish invaders.

After years of stout resistance from many establishment archaeologists, the Clovis barrier had finally been breached.

For 20 months, dozens of cafeteria workers at Goldman Sachs met stout resistance in their efforts to form a union.

What if we meet stout resistance?

After putting up a stout resistance, the outnumbered Austrians were defeated and forced to retreat.

Although he took four wickets, he earned far greater acclaim for his stout resistance with the bat.

The Sial chief offered stout resistance.

No doubt some of the mercenaries made a stout resistance, but they were vastly outnumbered, and were not much better troops than their adversaries.

As elsewhere in the Bulgarian economy, agricultural reform encountered stout resistance from entrenched local Zhivkovite officials.

On 13 November 1642 his men were surprised at Brentford during his absence, and routed after a stout resistance.

But the GIs were meeting stouter resistance because the Germans were awakening to their danger.

Despite the stout resistance of the garrison within, 'the Norwegians hewed the wall with axes' and ultimately gained entry, spilling much blood.

Bobby Bandavich's men offered stout resistance and the question remained: could the Blues translate the pressure they were exerting into goals?

In recent years, Wal-Mart has encountered stout resistance to its plans to enter America's bigger cities, which stand as its last domestic frontier.

The British, who were outnumbered by at least three to one, made a stout resistance, and it was not until seven o'clock that the last shot was fired.

He was an excellent wicket-keeper, and capable lower order batsman, who often provided stout resistance whilst allowing top-order batsmen to continue their innings.

A mixed force of German officers and Melanesian police mounted a stout resistance and forced the Australians to fight their way to the objective.

Jerusalem surrendered to the Arabs in 637, following a stout resistance; in 638, the Caliph Omar rode into the city.