BALK in a Sentence
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12 example sentences for BALK, such as:
1. Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments.
2. She stored it up against her sister, this balk in her plans.
3. The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme.
4. Many people would balk at setting up a new business during a recession.
5. Edna admired the skill of his maneuver, and avoided any occasion to balk his intentions.
2. She stored it up against her sister, this balk in her plans.
3. The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme.
4. Many people would balk at setting up a new business during a recession.
5. Edna admired the skill of his maneuver, and avoided any occasion to balk his intentions.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of BALK
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balk
v. stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
Classic Sentence:
1 Edna admired the skill of his maneuver, and avoided any occasion to balk his intentions.
2 She stored it up against her sister, this balk in her plans.
3 At the very moment when she would have seized her prey, the hare moved and darted along the balk between the winter rye and the stubble.
4 Real affection, it seemed, he could not have for me; it had been only fitful passion: that was balked; he would want me no more.
5 The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme.
6 Still, she nosed her way up unevenly, till she came to where the hyacinths were all around her, then she balked, struggled, jerked a little way out of the flowers, then stopped.
7 From time to time also he balked them by a sudden effort of the will, as by lifting them suddenly in the middle of an unfinished sentence and closing the book.
8 He tried once or twice, stammering and balking, to the annoyance of the judge, who was gasping from the odor of fertilizer.
9 "Why--why--" stammered the youth struggling with his balking tongue.
Example Sentence:
1 Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments.
2 Many people would balk at setting up a new business during a recession.
3 When the warden learned that several inmates were planning to escape, he took steps to balk their attempt.