balking

Example Sentences

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Balking at yet another subscription in 2024 is sensible, but without new schemes, the camper conundrum won’t be going away on its own.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2024

Balking at the study’s pro-Black orientation, publishers predictably questioned Du Bois’s objectivity or doubted the massive book’s market value.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023

Balking at the premise that it is in any way about death, he instead called this monumental work “a very natural, three-dimensional shape that is older even than a pyramid.”

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2015

Balking at an Accord To help prevent future catastrophes, worker advocates have recently promoted an international accord that sets mandatory safety standards for garment factories.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2013

Go to your work and be strong, halting not in your ways, Balking the end half-won for an instant dole of praise.

From Verses 1889-1896 by Kipling, Rudyard