resist interpretation
Frequency: 5.94.6 per million words
to be difficult to understand or explain
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Examples (10)
- The artist's abstract painting seemed to resist any simple interpretation.
- His cryptic remarks often resist easy interpretation, leaving us puzzled.
- The ancient text continues to resist definitive interpretation by scholars.
- Sometimes, dreams can be so complex that they resist straightforward interpretation.
- The evidence presented in court appeared to resist a clear-cut interpretation.
- Many philosophical concepts resist a single, universally accepted interpretation.
- Her ambiguous smile made her true feelings resist any direct interpretation.
- The data, unfortunately, began to resist our initial interpretation, suggesting anomalies.
- Despite numerous attempts, the old poem still resists complete interpretation.
- The meaning of the symbols might always resist full interpretation by outsiders.