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How to use balk in a sentence

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For all its harshness, Ladakh's is a fragile environment, and purists might balk at the kind of meal my hosts cooked that night.
He tried to balk and twist around somebody and got caught holding the ball, and the umpires pay the free kick.
Perhaps it would be called a balk today because the ballgirls were conspirators.
And then in the sixth it was a balk again, allowing Georgia Tech to take the lead.
Many will balk at the suggestion that Megan's Law should be expanded to include warrants, dropped charges, and even acquittals.
Truly, Hero is so tightly organized that the viewer may balk at its clockwork elegance.
Still, others in the ad industry balk at the retro idea of sponsorship and product placement.
It can be by virtue of a hit, a putout, an error, a forceout, a fielder's choice, a passed ball, a wild pitch, a balk, or a stolen base.
They might balk at that sort of money and refuse to pick up the tab, which was a scary thought.
Because of the balk, both runners advanced one base, giving the Twins a 5-4 victory.
They may balk at the idea of a top boss getting millions while a company's share price is falling.
Parents concerned about allergies may balk at the idea of keeping pets around children.
A fellow driver chose to have words with him and criticised him for weaving about on the track in order to balk those who try to overtake.
If they later raise rates and institutions balk, cross that bridge when you come to it.
Harris Tweed is protected by a raft of laws, stamps, and authentications that would make any copyright pirate balk.
To get a taste of Olympic cross-country skiing, I didn't balk at a longer drive.
And patients who simply want to pop pills for whatever ails them also may balk.
Most officers will assimilate that which is successful in mission accomplishment but balk at appeasing perceived idiosyncrasies of another nation.
Producers are not likely to want to hire another actor who may balk at the pressure of filming the major project.
Unlike entitlement cuts, sequester cuts must be renewed every year by Congress, and sooner or later, Congress will likely balk.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Old Glory is calling, baby, and no Branton Hills boy will balk at that call.
This was her first intimation that Republicans might balk at enfranchising women.
He wanted to get up, and Lucy felt it would be brutal to balk any wish he had.
Her manner was boyish, hoydenish at times, and although convent-trained, she was inclined to balk at restraint in any form.
Most monks stopped with the writings of the saints, as South Americans balk at long division.
The ink-bags of the belemnite also are sometimes preserved, and we see how it could balk a pursuer by darkening the waters.
They were getting very tired of the drill, and in the humor to nag and balk the drillmaster.
Behind the toll bar he sat upon a timber balk and studied it.
Edna admired the skill of his maneuver, and avoided any occasion to balk his intentions.
The most exact calculator has no prescience that somewhat incalculable may not balk the very next moment.
At the very moment when she would have seized her prey, the hare moved and darted along the balk between the winter rye and the stubble.
Ah, would it not be sweet revenge indeed to balk the King in this venture so dear to his heart!
If this were so, what right had he, William Cecil Clayton, to thwart the wishes, to balk the self-sacrifice of this strange man?
At six, Mary went over the Sliding Rock without a quiver, and I have seen strong men balk at that feat.
He says that half of it is mine, but he may balk on taking charge.
Grace and Cora almost collided in their attempt to balk Nancy.
And education often wastes its effort in attempts to thwart and balk this natural magnetism, which is sure to select what belongs to it.
It seemed that nothing could balk her ambition in that direction.
If he were persuaded against his will, he would load that well with a malicious enchantment which would balk me until I found out its secret.
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