balky
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I jury-rigged a heating element for our Kenmore refrigerator’s balky ice-maker water-feed tube.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Even with his career at its pinnacle and before his back became chronically balky, Woods found his way onto tabloid headlines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
There’s an argument to be made that the feds could believe they have a balky case and want to bloody up Adams in the public eye ahead of a trial.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2024
Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray, who missed seven games down the stretch with a balky knee, logged 39 minutes without any trouble in Game 1.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
The machine had gone balky as an old donkey, losing Mr. Curtain’s train of thought and sometimes misunderstanding him altogether.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Carter may also find the Federal Reserve balkier than before.
From Time Magazine Archive
After dozens of false starts, he wants to get two of his balkier clients to say yes to a house he shows them.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was seated at my typewriter and the book was balkier than usual, and I wished that the clumper at the door would go away.
From Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed by Edna Ferber
By the afternoon, three horses remained — the toughest and balkiest to get into trailers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2017
It was the balkiest Yankee machine since Manager Joe McCarthy got behind the steering wheel nine years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus will begin the second session of the 95th Congress, one of the boldest and balkiest in memory.
From Time Magazine Archive
Joe made more news as baseball's balkiest holdout.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ed was one of the balkiest boys I ever had in my school.
From Reveries of a Schoolmaster by Francis B. Pearson
