demurral
Example Sentences
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Or a polite demurral by the adult in the room?
From Slate • Jan. 20, 2025
Then, in the last part of her demurral, amounting to slightly more than half of her brief statement, she teased a potential new project.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2022
It’s easy to see that attitude as standard executive demurral.
From The Verge • Jan. 4, 2019
“Gideon,” he would say, with the blunt regular demurral of Bartleby, “I do not generally like trying to visualize thousand-dimensional vectors in three-dimensional space.”
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2016
Bobby tried a psychological tactic himself during that game, despite his oft-quoted demurral, “I don’t believe in psychology—I believe in good moves.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
