How To Use Balk In A Sentence

When the gentleman who guided me through the bush left me on the side of a pali, I discovered that Kahele, though strong, gentle, and sure-footed, possesses the odious fault known as balking, and expressed his aversion to ascend the other side in a most unmistakable manner. The Hawaiian Archipelago
Some may balk at the frivolous approach to taking drugs, but few series are as vocal in their celebration of youthful individuality. Times, Sunday Times
Brown had been hobbled since training camp with a balky left knee that caused him pain from the second day of practice.
The Orthodox agreed to cooperate, but balked at merging the two efforts.
Brown had been hobbled since training camp with a balky left knee that caused him pain from the second day of practice.

That might sound like a reasonable deal, but many would balk at the often intrusive way such information is being used. Times, Sunday Times
He visited all the Balkan countries, meeting with eminent public figures.
His weapon of choice is a deadly flail and he doesn't balk at finishing off wounded soldiers - or at sneaking up on them and strangling them.
In the Balkans these insurrections resulted in a gradual liberation of most of the oppressed peoples.
If Francis, James, Wells and Scola can fill those needs (and T-Mac's balky back holds up), the Rockets just might be able to take the next step in their quest.
Both the United States and Britain insist that, to keep the country from imploding, it is essential that the Balkan nation remain under the political authority of an internationally appointed "High Representative," who governs the nation's affairs. Elmira Bayrasli: Electing an Independent Bosnia: The High Representative Must Go
MPs may balk at an eviction notice. Times, Sunday Times
But there was nothing preordained about the outcome of events in the Balkans in the late 1940s.
Some people have lost their jobs and others balked at his idea of having only two national centres. Times, Sunday Times
Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments.
Doing the humane thing—i.e., something good for the people of Haiti or Bosnia or Kosovo—could also be the smart and, to use the word commandeered by critics of such policies, the realistic thing, since it was good for the United States to avert instability in the Caribbean and the Balkans. The Great Experiment
MPs may balk at an eviction notice. Times, Sunday Times
Or, if the price makes you balk, at least have afternoon tea to drink in the atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times
Those who have already spent time and money collecting themselves a full set of miniature fighting monsters may balk at the prospect of starting the lengthy process all over again.
I must say that my main reaction, having read this en route from Switzerland to Belgium after giving a conference presentation on the Balkans and the Caucasus, is that actually the Israel/Palestine conflict is a lot less special than its protagonists like to think it is. September Books 21) In the Land of Israel
Fresh research suggests that, while people will happily put up with voluntary restrictions on movement, they balk at the idea of compulsory quarantine. Times, Sunday Times
In his concluding remarks, he rather defensively explains: ‘This book was always premised to be about my country, not about the Balkans or any other foreign country.’
And then in the sixth it was a balk again, allowing Georgia Tech to take the lead.
As the boy led her from the stable she came out with her ears laying back and her short tail switching; and I said to myself, "here will be a job breaking a kicker and balker. Twenty Years of Hus'ling
On the afternoon following the colonel's visit to Mink Run, old Peter, when he came for Phil, was obliged to stay long enough to see the antics of the mechanical mule; and had not that artificial animal suddenly refused to kick, and lapsed into a characteristic balkiness for which there was no apparent remedy, it might have proved difficult to get Phil away. The Colonel's Dream
In three hundred large-format pages, 60 million Frenchmen merit a single paragraph, while the fifty thousand Vlachs of the Balkans and the fifty thousand Faroe Islanders of Denmark receive careful dissection over many pages.4 And why not? Bloodlust
If we don't have room for a glover, blacksmith, steamfitter, cobbler, hooper, chimney sweep and Balkan restaurant, what good are we? Archive 2006-10-01
They practically balked at the idea that I might have some abnormal obstruction to recognition. Times, Sunday Times
In case the balky internet connection is insufficiently irritating, the hotel is also providing me USA Today on a complimentary basis.
Another proves to be an exceedingly balky milker, creating all sorts of frustrations. Ah, Wilderness
In Aaronovitch's telling, events in the Balkans become purely symbolic.
Specifically: Consumers may balk if TV sets become too computerlike and complicated. The death of the URL | FactoryCity
Thraco-Phrygian peoples who had overrun the Balkans, occupied Thrace and Macedonia, and crossed into Asia Minor. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
Westerners balk at the prospect of snake on the menu.
Clients balk at the price, but usually come back after shopping around, he says. Times, Sunday Times
At the Spree, General Rybalko led his tanks splashing into the water, without waiting for bridging gear.
A good example is the Bora wind which is a cold north-easterly wind which blows in winter down the east coast of the Adriatic from the Balkan mountains.
Balkan film directors, actors and students in the field will join the discussion section of Dionisia.
Now, some of his foreign policies are still idiocy -- such as balking at distributing condoms, or the global gag rule on abortion -- but at least Bush did some things that were helpful, and he spent a lot of money on it. Chris Weigant: My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]
I can understand why audiences may balk at the symmetry of the plot and the serendipity of the cast. Times, Sunday Times
-- Afghanistan and Pakistan "to stabilize the security situation;" in fact, a major effort may be undertaken to destabilize it as part of a broader agenda to stoke violence, increase Washington's presence in the region, double US forces in Afghanistan to 60,000 or more according to recent reports, and "Balkanize" each country, Iraq and possibly Syria into separate autonomous states; and Obama v. Richard Falk on Israel and Occupied Palestine
Turkey; he did not claim any territory south of the Balkan, nor any part of Roumelia -- not even Adrianople -- only Constantinople with its neighborhood. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
In one widely reported case, an American pilot went so far as to throw a balky steward off the plane.
Your husband may balk at the idea of counselling because it is not something men of his generation generally value. Times, Sunday Times
They might balk at that sort of money and refuse to pick up the tab, which was a scary thought.
Jibbing, or "balking" as the Americans term it, is a detestable vice. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.
Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.
The World Customs Organisation ranked Bulgarian Customs first in the number of heroin detections along the ‘Balkan Route’ in 2002, he said.
To get a taste of Olympic cross-country skiing, I didn't balk at a longer drive.
Amid the torrent of music coming out of the Balkans in the past year or two, this session, recorded in the historic town of Mostar, stands out by virtue of its simplicity and its aura of rapt melancholia.
And for this reason she hectored him knowing how difficult and balky he tended to be, especially towards her.
As one of my Kosovo friends said last year, this was one of the least unexpected developments in the Balkans in the last two decades: the ground had been well prepared, and the choreography is being duly executed. February Books 14) Dublin Castle and the 1916 Rising
The belt comprises subalkaline andesites, trachyandesites, dacites, rhyolites, trachyrhyolites, and granodiorites, granites, granosyenites and monzonites, and developed along an active continental margin.
Many will balk at the suggestion that Megan's Law should be expanded to include warrants, dropped charges, and even acquittals.
It was a time of relative calm in the Balkans, and Belgrade was suddenly a lively city.
‘That is how we lose the passengers' faith and money and our name is associated with only negative emotions,’ a Balkan flight attendant said.
We say I balked at the price, but what results! Times, Sunday Times
The big draw for me, though, is the cooler along the south wall, which is jammed with Greek olives, cheese, anchovies, halvah and other specialties, including hummus, tarama and Balkan-style yogurt.
Clients balk at the price, but usually come back after shopping around, he says. Times, Sunday Times
Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a $24m profit had turned into a $20m deficit.
Later, the Balkans provided a crisis of moral weight sufficient to rival those earlier times - especially for those writers and journalists, mostly on the center-left, who had the courage and intrepidity to go there.
First the Gulf, then the Balkan campaigns honed the syntax of 24-hour reporting almost to the point of banality.
We have to approach this challenge conscious of the fact that we do not unwittingly promote the interests of those whose aim has always been to balkanise the country along ethnic and racial lines. POLITICAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, TO THE 49TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA
But motorists balk at the idea. Times, Sunday Times
AMERICAN POLICY INthe Balkans through the first half of the 1990s can only be described as feckless. Sands of Empire
MPs may balk at an eviction notice. Times, Sunday Times
The question must be asked: Should one of the main architects of the Balkan wars go down in history as a convicted embezzler or a convicted war criminal?
After finishing second to Bulgaria in their qualifying group, Croatia beat Slovenia 2-1 on aggregate in a Balkan play-off.
Thereafter they moved around the Balkans, sometimes in open war with the Romans, sometimes bound by treaty.
Balki Bartkomous from Perfect Strangers: Balki was a rambunctious but lovable roommate from the far off land of Mypos. Metal Movie | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
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The project is one of the first collaborative projects to be carried out with foreign partners in the Western Balkans since the end of conflict.
Some conservative Christian groups balk at what they feel is the glorification of witchcraft and wizardry.
Instead of questioning the possibility of a perfect ready-made within the Balkan context, Vangeli has posed the question of fabricating.
Or, if the price makes you balk, at least have afternoon tea to drink in the atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times
In fact, web users in the United States already pay far more for Internet access, and have far balkier web access, than patrons overseas. John Dougherty: The Clock Is Running Out on Net Neutrality
National Party tried over decades to balkanise South Africa and failed. STATEMENT ON THE IFP CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS
The craft also had a supply of food - it's not like you can pull up to a row-through window and order anything - and a balky water-purification device to desalinize ocean water, plus an assortment of antibiotics and first-aid supplies. Undefined
The flora, especially on the limestone which is one of the most active centers of floristic speciation in the Balkans, includes many rare species such as the Pirin poppy, Papaver pirinica, golden aquilegia Aquilegia aurea, yellow gentian Gentiana lutea and edelweiss Leontopodium alpinum. Pirin National Park, Bulgaria
When you try to boot up the game, it balks: The mouse driver is missing again.
He was one of his generals who had built up a powerful position in the Balkans at the head of his federate army; in order to remove this threat the emperor ordered him to rule Italy in his name.
She had balked, not stupid enough to go to his turf, alone, so he could do her bodily harm.
The soft underbelly of Europe, the Balkans, which is constantly being destabilized, is a great weakening of all of European civilization.
Her manner was boyish, hoydenish at times, and although convent-trained, she was inclined to balk at restraint in any form. The Financier
Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.
Among other particular features of Albanian and other Balkan languages are a postpositive definite article and the absence of a verbal infinitive.
The Berlin settlement of 1878 disappointed Russian hopes in the Balkans.
There was a boggy place in the road but we could go through it as long as neither horse in the team balked.
Northern Ireland and the Balkans demonstrate that the dark side of religion is truly devilish!
I can understand why audiences may balk at the symmetry of the plot and the serendipity of the cast. Times, Sunday Times
But motorists balk at the idea. Times, Sunday Times
By this time a French “75” — a gun captured by the Turks from the Serbians in the Balkan war — was pouring her shell at the rate of about one in ten seconds to the neck. Archive 2009-03-01
It is also a story of budgetary and bureaucratic politics producing a device that, however miraculous, wound up being slower, balkier and less useful than it might have been. We Can See Clearly Now
He balked at making the suggestion.
When you try to boot up the game, it balks: The mouse driver is missing again.
Your husband may balk at the idea of counselling because it is not something men of his generation generally value. Times, Sunday Times
Four months later, in June, the assassination of an archduke in the Balkans led to World War I, which has also been called “the Third Balkan War.” Bloodlust
This is the Balkan - a florilegium of contradictions within contraventions, the mawkish and the jaded, the charitable and the deleterious, the feckless and the bumptious, evanescent and exotic, Terrorists and Freedom Fighters
Thin reasoning perhaps, but the bassoon and double bass duet in the "Menuet" has an earthy Balkan jocularity and the whole work is vigorously charming. Brad Hill: Salonen Brings Hungarian Echoes to the NY Philharmonic
Nationalistic thugs who double as acrobats from the fictional Balkan country of Karonia, The Fearsome Foot-Fighters are masters of savate, a French form of kickboxing.
We've seen that dissolve as more and more ethnicities don't want to just blend into one amorphous mass but be recognized and respected on their own, and you see a lot of "breakaways" and "balkanization. WordPress.com News
Ibn-Haukal, an Arabian traveller of the 10th century, describes Balkh as built of clay, with ramparts and six gates, and extending half a parasang. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
That might sound like a reasonable deal, but many would balk at the often intrusive way such information is being used. Times, Sunday Times
The losers launched one last attack but who was there to balk them, none other than Johnny Nevin, who ventured from his own left wing to cover the right wing raid.
But when the time came for the annual bail-out, the recession-strapped Culture Ministry balked.
For all its harshness, Ladakh's is a fragile environment, and purists might balk at the kind of meal my hosts cooked that night.
Balkan Airlines had a scheduled flight through Cairo and Kenya weekly landing in Johannesburg.
Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest religions and was founded by Zarathustra, who is believed to have lived in the ancient city of Bactria, now called Balkh and about 30 kilometres north of Cheshma-e-Shafa. News
Apart from the signature sausages of Serbian meats -- the unencased cylinders of minced beef known as cevapcici (in both pork and lamb mixes) -- there's a large selection of animal proteins such as pljeskavica, the substantial cevap in burger form; various chicken parts including bacon-wrapped breast and bacon-wrapped livers; snappy paprika-spiked sausages; and pork schnitzel, all culminating in the house specialty, the leskobacki opanak, sort of a Balkan Bacon Explosion, a 500-gram bacon-wrapped cevap with a core of ham and Swiss. Chicago Reader
A reverberant melodica opens to a stable kick drum, the Balkan effect softer, more Black Ark-ish. Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Thievery's Rastas and Austin's Latin Soul
Baucus may want to avoid bein 'balked at, perhaps, by further bringin' down the cost of this brutal healthcare bill to about half-a-trillion or less. Baucus plans changes to his own health care proposal
The operation known as Rurik's Hammer, the lightning military conquest of all of Scandinavia, had been designed to solidify popular support for the resurrected Soviet government at home despite the rationing, the purges, and the KGB crackdowns; to cow a fragmented and weakened NATO already over-extended in the war-ravaged Balkans; and to remind continental Europe of the might of Soviet arms. Countdown
Even the most accommodating of employers would balk at such demands.
Some people have lost their jobs and others balked at his idea of having only two national centres. Times, Sunday Times
Fans of vampire lore balked at the undoing of the genre [...] breanna, on January 23rd, 2009 at 1: 08 pm Said: well Twilight isnt emo (not once did anyone cut theirself). but i agree with you with the thing about everyone obbesesed with these books? they are good i agree but not fall down love over. Book Review: Twilight | Heretical Ideas Magazine
Roma language, oifficially Romani chib, consists of several dialects, such as the Vlax Romani spoken by an estimated 1.5 million people, followed by Balkan, Carpathian and Sinti dialects spoken by several hundred thousand people each. IPS Inter Press Service
Chechnya had started out in 1990 quite similar to other Muslim regions such as Tatarstan or Kabardino-Balkaria. The Return
For the foot-tapping, we must turn to the folksy Balkan dance melodies, the bumpy 'New Age' arrangement of a passamezzo by Mainerio and Pickett's bongo-enhanced version of a chanson by Le Jeune. AvaxHome
This comes as no surprise to Balkan-watchers who have been following the evolving tragedy in the country.
And depleted uranium seemed harmless in routine handling - until several Italian soldiers who served in the Balkans died of leukemia.
Democrats have balked at the governor's proposal to cap pain-and-suffering recoveries at $250,000 and to create an indemnity fund to subsidize treatment of brain-damaged infants. Budget Deal Takes Shape
We also describe the affiliation index of balkanization, similarity of information resources and offer the conditions under which virtual balkanization emerges.
A good example is the Bora wind which is a cold north-easterly wind which blows in winter down the east coast of the Adriatic from the Balkan mountains.
We accept working regimes, though admittedly more splendid salaries, that earlier generations would balk at. Times, Sunday Times
Russia replied by opening up a new theatre of war in the Balkans.
Among other particular features of Albanian and other Balkan languages are a postpositive definite article and the absence of a verbal infinitive.
They stand on battlements in places of great importance to us: on Israel's border, and Iraq's, in the Mediterranean between two NATO allies, in Europe on the border of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to deter a wider Balkan conflict, and in the Caribbean. Letter To Congress On Funds For Un Peacekeeping
The label balked and dropped the band rather than "waste" any more money on anti-commercial junk. MetalSucks
It is transmogrified by Greek and Bulgarian investors into a Balkan business hub.
Maddock's horse balked and reared as a mercenary snatched at its reins.
Critics fear it would Balkanize the public into warring factions, but that is what happens under our current one-size-fits-all approach. Andrew Coulson: A "Winn" for Education and Freedom of Conscience
You may balk at the cost of your highlights, but there are far more preposterously priced haircuts going on. Times, Sunday Times
To the north, the mountains wind and smoothly melt into the Pre-Balkan region and the Danube plain; while to the south steep mountain slopes tower above a series of hollows and fields.
It may not be a money-spinner - conventional hoteliers would balk at the thought of changing the flowers or turning paying guests away on a whim - but if archdukes are sleeping in your bedrooms and Sean Connery's in the bar, who cares?
This ballet mixes elements of folk dance from the Balkans with eurhythmics in order to tell the story of the beautiful Yana, her fiancé Momchil and the Dragon.
The Balkans continue to occupy centre stage in world affairs.
Russia replied by opening up a new theatre of war in the Balkans.
NASA officials also continue to spar with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle who say that the agency is balking at congressionally imposed plans for manned exploration of the solar system.
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Althouse: "I had to set aside that obsolescent hippie balkiness... "I had to set aside that obsolescent hippie balkiness..."
Now compare things with the movie industry, in which "progress" too often counts as finding some new way to Balkanize the market a little further -- in the process, disabling features in people's homes. Notes on the digital-music business: Things could be worse
He changed power-plant rules affecting emissions, a move favored by industry, and has balked at forcing big ships to clean their smokestack pollutants.
You may balk at the cost of your highlights, but there are far more preposterously priced haircuts going on. Times, Sunday Times
The Balkan pair view Russia differently.
I can understand why audiences may balk at the symmetry of the plot and the serendipity of the cast. Times, Sunday Times
Some people have lost their jobs and others balked at his idea of having only two national centres. Times, Sunday Times
By arbitrarily using RST packets in a manner at odds with TCP/IP standards, Comcast threatens to Balkanize the open standards that are the foundation of the Internet. Boing Boing
Deprived of the Internet by a balky cell phone modem, the habit of daily blogging has proven hard to break.
Finally, and possibly most importantly, what Balkin fails to acknowledge is that when it comes to the law-making procedures, the Court has not historically taken a functionalist approach, but instead has adhered to a very rigorous formalist approach. The Volokh Conspiracy » Balkin on the “Slaughter Solution”
Balked of Alfred, she would find Harry Washington a more than acceptable alternative.
The balky elevator has delivered the jumpers to a tiny platform contained within the tower.
Fresh research suggests that, while people will happily put up with voluntary restrictions on movement, they balk at the idea of compulsory quarantine. Times, Sunday Times
After releasing two albums for 4AD, Baltimore's cabaret-postpunk trio Celebration balked at resubmitting itself to the cycles of industry and set about releasing its third album, "Hello Paradise," independently, offering fans a chance — a la Radiohead — to pay what they wish to own the album. Going Gaga for Beats and Tunes
But as the boy reached the age of maturity and the boyhood locks were shorn from his head, she balked at the prospect of yielding the throne to this half-royal heir.
We say I balked at the price, but what results! Times, Sunday Times
However, there are some unusual Russian and Balkan sauerkrauts tinted amber with quince and pink with beetroot.
Some people have lost their jobs and others balked at his idea of having only two national centres. Times, Sunday Times
Both peoples continue to draw on traditional Balkan stereotypes, which were reinforced in the recent Socialist era but which stem from much older folk memories.
When his company probes management structures, exposing the fact that bosses are party hacks or people appointed because of connections, the clients often balk.
Though he's chained up with other "lycan" slaves, werewolf messiah Lucian (Michael Sheen) pursues a love that dare not howl its name with vampire princess Sonja (Rhona Mitra), while her aristocratic dad, Viktor (Bill Nighy), skulks around like a Balkan Ming the Merciless. NashvilleScene.com
Somehow or other even a British citizen with more than the usual stupidity of our race as to foreign languages can make himself understood in the Balkan Peninsula, which is so polyglottic that its inhabitants understand signs very well.) Bulgaria
There is a narrative of Balkan history which sees the whole 20th century as a long struggle to create nation-states out of the ruins of empire.
The Koidu base is complaining of congested data-network links, a balky router and malfunctioning wireless-network nodes.
Arab states have balked at a U.S. request to offer some gestures of normalization to Israel, such as overflight rights for civilian aicraft, in exchange for some Israeli flexibility on settlements. Undefined
Team scouts think a balky right thumb will force Warner to retire.
Parents concerned about allergies may balk at the idea of keeping pets around children.
The petrology and geochemistry of these volcanic rocks show that they form an essentially bimodal association of basalt and subalkaline rhyolite, with less common intermediate compositions.
Gibcrokes and recons were local and less frequent names, and the folks who in their dialect called the lug-pole a gallows-balke called the pothooks gallows-crooks. Home Life in Colonial Days
Kosher is not the main issue: no meat-eating gentile ever balked at salt beef. Times, Sunday Times
Depending on the model, the complaints range from faulty key fobs and leaky sunroofs to balky electronics that leave drivers and their passengers stranded.
Or, if the price makes you balk, at least have afternoon tea to drink in the atmosphere. Times, Sunday Times
The price reduction comes after investors balked at the higher valuation. Times, Sunday Times
Harris Tweed is protected by a raft of laws, stamps, and authentications that would make any copyright pirate balk.
Hopefully, things will not go quite as easily for Balkenende as they appear to be going for Brown; leading opposition party SP are determined not to be "hassled" into agreement and are insisting that the text should be throughly reviewed and evaluated. A Letter from Limburg
Its stout ribs, curving outwards and downwards from this magnificent balk, supported the carvel-built roof, so that the upper half of the building appeared -- and indeed was -- a large inverted hull, decorated with dormer windows, brick chimneys, and a round pigeon-house surmounted by a gilded vane. Wandering Heath
It’s just the idea of parsnip in a mulligatawny which I rather balk at. Chris Neill's Dirty Kitchen
This ballet mixes elements of folk dance from the Balkans with eurhythmics in order to tell the story of the beautiful Yana, her fiancé Momchil and the Dragon.
Heavy snow and ice blanketed the Balkans on Christmas Day, blocking roads and closing airports as temperatures plunged to near minus 20 degrees centigrade.
Beckett got upset with West in the fifth inning after he called a balk on an attempted pickoff toss to first base. Undefined
Indeed, despite the decline in terrorist incidents in Chechnya, the total for the four republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, and Kabardino-Balkaria rose from 230 in 2005 to 398 in 2008. The Return
In the ninth century, Orthodox missions from Constantinople converted the Bulgars, Serbs and Slavs, tribes who had invaded and settled the Balkan provinces some 200 years before.
Not that I thought comment was worthy of a threepeat; computer is balky. McCain Cancels CNN Interview As Punishment For Criticizing Palin
The proxy forces that they have created to "Balkanize" Pakistan just as they have done in Iraq must be stopped. Information Liberation
But I know that moving in a universe operating on Balkan time, no question should be answered too hastily, and without deep contemplation.
International diplomacy - and its failings - played just as big a part in the Balkan conflict.
Down many deep steps beneath the stage is a winding passage leading past the unornamental bases of what appear to be huge balks of timber, rising up into space. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly
Many people would balk at setting up a new business during a recession.
The only real cryptobiont of the Balkans, the olm, has not yet been recorded by specialists in the western parts of Montenegro despite considerable anecdotal evidence of its presence.
As the EU enlarges into the Balkans, the ratio of sprats to sharks will increase.
To say it was depressing is an understatement: even the most liberal-minded of viewers would have balked at the moral desolation of the scene. Times, Sunday Times
Clients balk at the price, but usually come back after shopping around, he says. Times, Sunday Times
Sure, you could say the umps had something to do with the outcome today, but even with the 'balky' call and missed call at first, the game could have easily been won. Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
At the start, Amis announces certain 'general principles' to be followed in creating drinks, all of which can be derived, by natural drinkers 'logic, from the first of them, which holds that' up to a point [i.e. short of offering your guests one of those Balkan plonks marketed as wine, Cyprus sherry, poteen and the like], go for quantity rather than quality '. John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
He shares a cell meant for four people with 30 others at the prison in Balkh province where he has been held for more than three months. Rice will 'talk to President Karzai' about journalist sentenced to death
Fresh research suggests that, while people will happily put up with voluntary restrictions on movement, they balk at the idea of compulsory quarantine. Times, Sunday Times
It can be by virtue of a hit, a putout, an error, a forceout, a fielder's choice, a passed ball, a wild pitch, a balk, or a stolen base.
Which, while they're still fast friends, was the last word ever passed between them on the subject of the funker and the balker. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier
Other countries such as China and Iran are also "balking" on the idea, using the excuses of U.S. Global Issues News Headlines
_Bactria_ is the ancient name of that district now called Balkh, in Afghanistan. De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars
Some may balk at the frivolous approach to taking drugs, but few series are as vocal in their celebration of youthful individuality. Times, Sunday Times

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