demurral
Example Sentences
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After years of demurrals, Meadow Ridge, a for-profit care community in Redding where Auslander lives, recently announced plans to erect solar panels over two parking lots and the roof of one building in the complex.
From Seattle Times
Then again, given the absurdly lax nature of the ethical rules for the Court, I'm more than ready to believe there was enough wriggle room to make Alito's demurrals plausible if not persuasive.
From Salon
In fact, it was the third time Mr. Biden has said so, making the nothing-to-see-here White House demurrals that much harder to sell.
From New York Times
Then, in the last part of her demurral, amounting to slightly more than half of her brief statement, she teased a potential new project.
From Los Angeles Times
His demurral provoked some questions: “How does putting a map in a novel change the way we read the novel? What was it about what he thought a map did that he resisted?”
From Los Angeles Times
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