How To Use Demurral In A Sentence
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A demurral came from across the table.
The Times Literary Supplement
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For two days, I fielded his calls with excuses, demurrals and, when that failed, hang-ups.
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The old man cut away the demurral with a choppy gesture.
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Today, however, he discussed my demurral on the air in such a way that indicated he had not read my letter.
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But at the risk of having Ruddy relegate me once more to the old folks' bench in Theology Park, I would also like to register a demurral or two.
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The claim that public art has not been given serious aesthetic or political attention in Chicago may draw demurrals.
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A member of the audience piped up to suggest that O'Donnell's position as pro-tort reform was clear enough, despite his demurral.
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Then, blithely ignoring Barksdale's demurral, he ordered: ‘Report on Monday.’
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Yes, yes,’ she insisted over Michael's demurral. ‘I can tell.
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Despite the demurrals of wistful theocrats, separation of church and state is an even better idea today than it was in 1791, when the First Amendment was duly ratified.
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There seem to have been no demurrals to this action, which (from the perspective of ninety years) appears not to name the building for the donor at all.
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But that note of fastidious demurral is unmistakably his.
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It wasn't in her nature to be coy or self-effacing; she couldn't bring herself to make a polite demurral or plead incompetence where she had none.
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Last week the Yorkshire Post reported a bit of demurral at a report which said Selby prices had gone up 66 per cent in 2002.
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In spite of Mitton's demurral that he lacks the historian's credentials needed for a definitive biography, he has mined a wealth of personal papers, oral histories, and other primary sources with skill and flair.
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And there had been no demurral; not even any whispered private remarks.
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I'll explain the critics' reasoning and my demurral.
Times, Sunday Times
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Despite the cloak of principle in the country's polite demurral, the decision was actually based on calculations of realpolitik, both global and domestic.
