demurral

Example Sentences

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“I would be much quicker to question His Divinity if he stated, ‘Yes, I am God,’” a contributor to an online Rastafari forum wrote about Selassie’s demurral.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2021

Mackey’s email generated a demurral from Amazon, which acquired the grocery chain in 2017, to the effect that Mackey’s policy predated the acquisition.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2020

The campaign’s demurral captured a criticism that many people in the queer community have made of the first viable out-of-the-closet candidate for the US presidency: he’s just not queer enough.

From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2020

It’s easy to see that attitude as standard executive demurral.

From The Verge • Jan. 4, 2019

But the magistrate seemed uninterested in both my evidence and the prosecutor’s demurral.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela