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