Sample Sentences forbalk (editor-reviewed)
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The horse balked at the jump, skidding to a stop just before the hurdle.balked = stopped suddenly or refused to continue
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Our teacher balked at the suggestion of an open-book test.balked = hesitated or refused to do something
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She balked when she saw the price tag on the jacket—it was way more than she expected.
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Jemmy leaped the mud and was in. But the prince balked. "It's black as night in there!" (source)balked = stopped
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The animals balked at such places, and the camel drivers were forced to dismount and unburden their charges. (source)balked = refused to comply
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Papi wanted a negocio of his own, that was his dream, but he balked at starting at the bottom, selling hot dogs. (source)
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She balked at the gate, and I had to hit her hard with the stick a few times to move her forward. (source)balked = refused to comply
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He wants as many men as you can spare—men who won't balk at a little knife work.† (source)
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As she studies the pictures, she breaks down from time to time, weeping as only a mother who has outlived a child can weep, betraying a sense of loss so huge and irreparable that the mind balks at taking its measure.† (source)
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The oxen were balking at walking in that blowing snow.† (source)
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The Earl of Douglas is discomfited: Ten thousand bold Scots, two-and-twenty knights, Balk'd in their own blood, did Sir Walter see On Holmedon's plains: of prisoners, Hotspur took Mordake the Earl of Fife and eldest son To beaten Douglas; and the Earls of Athol, Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith.† (source)
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'I dare say he'll last a long time yet, Blossom,' said my aunt, patting Dora on the cheek, as she leaned out of her couch to look at Jip, who responded by standing on his hind legs, and baulking himself in various asthmatic attempts to scramble up by the head and shoulders.† (source)
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Hernandez balked, and the officers lowered their price. (source)
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She owes allegiance to none but herself, and won't balk at putting a knife through your heart.† (source)
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Even my hand balks at the date; I had to push to write it down, just to keep the pen moving on the paper† (source)
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The horses were taken, balking, out of the freight cars.† (source)
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meaning too rare to warrant focus
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...he had been sent down thousands of miles south to haul and pile big balks of teak in the timberyards at Moulmein.
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balks = thick pieces of unfinished wood
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