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She demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday.demurred = disagreed
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She demurred the pleading.demurred = law: a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings through a demurrer (saying there is a problem with the pleading regardless of the facts of the case)
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...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…" (source)demurred = objected
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Sensing a crisis of protocol, the manager demurred and said he would have to confer with the board.† (source)demurred = expressed disagreement
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"He was too kind," she demurred, trying to remain modest and calm, though her heart was singing.† (source)
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Each time she asks to accompany him, he demurs.† (source)demurs = expresses disagreement
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"All the same," demurred Fudge, "they are here to protect you all from something much worse.... We all know what Black's capable of..."† (source)demurred = expressed disagreement
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"I know how full Jacqueline keeps your schedule," I demur.† (source)demur = express disagreement
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Still, he demurs; what would her parents think?† (source)demurs = expresses disagreement
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He would certainly have preferred Sweden, where the level of intelligence was high and where he could swim nude with beautiful girls with low, demurring voices and sire whole happy, undisciplined tribes of illegitimate Yossarians that the state would assist through parturition and launch into life without stigma; but Sweden was out of reach, too far away, and Yossarian waited for the piece of flak that would knock out one engine over the Italian Alps and provide him with the excuse for heading for Switzerland.† (source)demurring = expressing disagreement
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But when I uttered, mildly and with some amusement, the standard demurral of the literary aesthete, he outflanked me neatly again.† (source)demurral = an expression of disagreement
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I dare not, dear,—Dear my lord, pardon,—I dare not, Lest I be taken: not the imperious show Of the full-fortun'd Caesar ever shall Be brooch'd with me; if knife, drugs, serpents, have Edge, sting, or operation, I am safe; Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion, shall acquire no honour Demuring upon me.† (source)Demuring = expressing disagreementunconventional spelling: This is typically spelled demurring.
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I was haunted by my helpless bureaucratic demurrals in the face of his desperation and the silence of his response.† (source)demurrals = expressions of disagreement
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Miss Peregrine demurred, pointing out that they hadn't yet finished their dinners, but the children pleaded with her until she relented.† (source)demurred = expressed disagreement
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And Pilgrim did not balk nor even for a moment demur.† (source)demur = express disagreement
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John demurs.† (source)demurs = expresses disagreement
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