balking

How To Use balking In A Sentence

• When the gentleman who guided me through the bush left me on the side of a pali, I discovered that Kahele, though strong, gentle, and sure-footed, possesses the odious fault known as balking, and expressed his aversion to ascend the other side in a most unmistakable manner. The Hawaiian Archipelago
• The medal that came along with it meanwhile will, Larsson said, be brought out and looked at when he is in his dotage to remind him of his achievements, the Swede baulking at the suggestion he might be tempted to gift it to a close one.
• Now, some of his foreign policies are still idiocy -- such as balking at distributing condoms, or the global gag rule on abortion -- but at least Bush did some things that were helpful, and he spent a lot of money on it. Chris Weigant: My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]
• Jibbing, or "balking" as the Americans term it, is a detestable vice. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.
• NASA officials also continue to spar with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle who say that the agency is balking at congressionally imposed plans for manned exploration of the solar system.
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• Other countries such as China and Iran are also "balking" on the idea, using the excuses of U.S. Global Issues News Headlines
• Even Britain, which of all the major powers has most closely aligned itself with them, is balking at giving its support to the abandonment of the treaty.
• The Six are six (and frequently five) down-on-their-luck folk who range from "antihero" to "supervillian, but not right at the moment" who go around committing crimes for pay (and often, balking at the last minute from particular crimes, and thus not getting paid). Adult Fic, I Read That Too
• Not being accustomed to balking at obtaining a solution despite significant difficulties offered, I put my massive encephalon to this task.