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balkiness

NOUN
  1. likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly

How To Use balkiness In A Sentence

  • 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
  • Althouse: "I had to set aside that obsolescent hippie balkiness... "I had to set aside that obsolescent hippie balkiness..."
  • I had to set aside that obsolescent hippie balkiness and adopt a pragmatic attitude for the task ahead. Archive 2007-03-01
  • If the administration had any doubts about China's resentment and balkiness, it lost them when Chinese President Jiang Zemin was finally heard from on Tuesday night. A Crash In The Clouds
  • And I, bein 'a Hammond, with some of the Hammond balkiness in me, I set my foot down as hard as his. Keziah Coffin
  • I had to set aside that obsolescent hippie balkiness... Archive 2007-02-01
  • Roy decided that, without knowing how he did it, he had fortunately succeeded in curing its "balkiness. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale
  • As soon as ever real balkiness is noted, it becomes necessary to avoid the least appearance of contradictoriness, since that increases difficulties. Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students
  • He actually called him "more courageous" than Arafat, whose balkiness incensed the president. Behind The Breakdown
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