balk
Example Sentences
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He balked at Freud’s insistence that patients needed years of near-daily sessions on an analyst’s couch, arguing that an hour or two a week in a comfortable chair could do just as much good.
From Los Angeles Times
Before launching the program in 2019, Goldman and Apple agreed to unusual terms that other banks balked at taking over.
Boston Dynamics will also lease the robots, hoping to bring in customers who might balk at an upfront capital outlay.
From Barron's
The rich guy who balks at financing Marty’s signature line of orange ping-pong balls?
For the past few years, housing has been a waiting game, as buyers balk at record-high prices and sellers hold off on listing their homes until activity returns.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
