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take exception toor in law: a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
- ...and we were subjected to a lengthy review of the evidence with Jem's ideas on the law regarding rape: ...
"Jem," Reverend Sykes demurred, "this ain't a polite thing for little ladies to hear..."Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
demurred = objected
- Instead of demurring politely, Singbe shot back angrily.Alexs Pate -- Amistad
- My mother paused, about to demur politely, but instead she took a deep breath.Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever
- Her face neither acquiesced nor demurred.Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
- I offered to pay her well for her trouble, and, after some demur, she consented to accompany me to the spot.Edgar Allan Poe -- The Gold-Bug
- When Cottard suggested he should accompany him home, Tarrou demurred; he'd had a particularly tiring day.Albert Camus -- The Plague
- Shefford demurred, insisting that he share the night-watch.Zane Grey -- The Rainbow Trail
- John demurred: He had made his rules, and besides, Betty was now in the late stages of an ill-fated pregnancy.James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
- She demurred, thinking it might be too transparent when wet.Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
- "I know how full Jacqueline keeps your schedule," I demur.Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
- My companion still demurred: the storm of the night and the early morning had dropped, but the afternoon was damp and gray.Henry James -- The Turn of the Screw
- "We want to hide you," he said, when they demurred.Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars
- Isn't that going rather far?" demurred Franklin Clarke.Agatha Christie -- The ABC Murders
- The king hesitated, was going to demur; but just then we heard the door give way, and knew that those desolate men were in the presence of their dead.Mark Twain -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- "Over dinner," demurred Lucia, rolling her eyes at an admiring Sixth Year.Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom
- "No," he demurred a little wearily.Grace MacGowan Cooke -- The Power and the Glory
- "You'd better go now, John," said his wife, with glistening and hopeful face; but John demurred.Henry David Thoreau -- Walden
- Without demurring at his father's words Apollo glided from the heights of Ida, like that swiftest of birds, the peregrine.Homer -- The Iliad
- Dr. Shaw at first demurred; then let her have what she wanted.Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
- O'Brien's servant, however, had admitted the two of them without demur.George Orwell -- 1984
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