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balked

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Even so, at least one juror apparently balked at convicting a man for violating wildlife protection laws by protecting wildlife.

If I balked at an act or found it difficult to perform, I was “punished” for my defiance (which is the nature of a BDSM scene).

Gerawan consented, but after a few months at the table, UFW balked again.

When Hayes balked at giving up her child, she claims Romney threatened she could be excommunicated if she refused.

He initially balked, but they insisted and he was soon at Metropolitan Hospital.

He seemed to intimate that he understood all that was passing in her mind, and was not balked by sprightly appearances.

This was effected, and Louis Philippe was balked of his desire to interfere in Portugal to promote a reactionary policy.

She had come suddenly upon the stone wall which had balked all her efforts.

And so Marishka, once more balked in her enterprise, went back to the Harim.

Cursing furiously, Wade drove him at it again, and again the gelding balked.

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On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to balked, such as: crabbed, cramped, crimped, defeated, discontented, and discouraged.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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