| Perhaps if the heroic hymnic patriotism had been proposed, the sarcastic young firebrand of the piano concerto would have jibbed. |
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| Mr. Gilmartin jibbed and commented that the demand made the Mafia look like monks. |
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| It jibbed at invading England in 1940, though it did undertake a number of amphibious operations in the Baltic Sea in June 1941, and later in the Black Sea. |
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| Others have jibbed at this categorisation, but I remain of the opinion that this would be the effect in legal terms of the view that no further resolution is required. |
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| Iceland, a rich country only a year ago before its banks went under, jibbed at contributing to the European Union Solidarity Fund. |
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| The horses slithered down the shallow bank and onto the glassy surface at a rapid trot, but the black was mistrustful of the insecure footing and jibbed skittishly. |
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| He caved in to the trade unions when they jibbed at his plans to reform pensions and overhaul utilities. |
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| The unspoken assumption was that, if only one or two had jibbed at the text, some way would be found of getting them to vote again and say yes. |
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| Several MSPs, including Alex Salmond, the Scottish National Party leader, jibbed at swearing allegiance to the queen as head of state and announced that they would prefer to recognise the sovereignty of the Scottish people. |
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