Third-person singular simple present indicative form of resist.(verb)
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Use "resists" in a sentence
"The mind – the brain – resists this, and so you actually consciously choose the easy, the familiar."
"Valentin resists his attraction to a fellow Tolstoyan, then falls deeply in love with her."
"While it's fair to say McCain resists talking about his personal faith and his immediate family, biography has been essential to his political identity, and to this campaign."