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Meanings of unresisting in English

Offering no resistance.

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Examples for "supine"
Examples for "supine"
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There was good to excellent agreement between supine and upright IVC measurements.
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An increased volume of bowel was also noted in the supine position.
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The recordings were undertaken with the patients in the supine position only.
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PMID: 2706643 Simultaneously, supine arterial pressure was measured with a cuff manometer.
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Pelvic perforation and failed access were comparable between supine and prone position.
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Always these went in closest touch with the resisted but resistless power.
Quiet Talks on John's Gospel
2
There was something resistless in the way he took her for granted.
The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North
3
The cold was not severe, but the storm was quiet and resistless.
My Antonia
4
A mighty, resistless movement carried the human stream to meet the river.
John Wesley, Jr. / The Story of an Experiment
5
And I saw and felt its steady, resistless heaving, insidious and terrible.
The Morgesons: A Novel
Usage of unresisting in English
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Precipitate, unresisting, are the day in the train and the heedless night.
Ceres' Runaway, and Other Essays
2
The woman took the prayer-book out of his unresisting hand, and said:
Foul Play
3
He stood up and took her unresisting hands in both his own.
The Seeker
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Unremonstrating, unresisting endurance, then, is the point emphasised in the lovely metaphor.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah
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The priests dragged him out unresisting, and forced him down the stairs.
Six Women
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It lay warm and unresisting in his, a firm, very little hand.
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
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And, pushing the unresisting door, I began to climb the stone stairs.
The Red Axe
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Tarleton with his legion pursued and eagerly cut down the unresisting fugitives.
Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 / Revised, Enlarged, and ...
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She stood unresisting in his hold, but she was shaking all over.
The Lamp in the Desert
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He drew near to her; he took her, unresisting, into his arms.
The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories
11
He held her unresisting, passive in his arms, watching her cheeks fire.
The Philanderers
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I caught and twisted an unresisting wrist-andat that he yelped profanely.
A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
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He drew her, limp and unresisting, down on the lounge beside him.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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Happy those who allow themselves to be carried, unresisting, with the current.
Where the Blue Begins
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He had risen and drawn her lithe, unresisting form to his bosom.
Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories
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He held her unresisting hand, but her face was hidden from him.
The Avenger
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