Meanings of resisted the pressure in English

Why Hitler resisted the pressure up to this point can only be surmised.

Jaws clenched, sweat running down his face, he resisted the pressure.

The engineer-in-chief on the staircase resisted the pressure long enough to shout, "What?

But 69-year-old Saleh has resisted the pressure, hoping protesters will grow tired and drop their demands.

Instead, it resisted the pressure of her finger and looked as if it resented the intrusion.

Goliath said she resisted the pressure and the case ended in a landmark defeat for his administration.

But Lukashenko has resisted the pressure, saying this is a matter for the Belarussian parliament to decide.

I promise that. For a moment the boy resisted the pressure of his hands, then he relaxed.

The balloon resisted the pressure from below.

But the Irish have resisted the pressure, saying that attracting business is crucial to improving the economy and dealing with the financial crisis.

But she resisted the pressure, planning instead to try for a fourth time by bringing a withdrawal agreement bill to Parliament for a vote.

It was at this depth that Mac-Nab had expected to reach the roof of the house, if it had resisted the pressure of the avalanche.

Of course, the Southern people resisted the pressure thus brought to bear by the Northern sectionalists, and the result was what might have been expected.