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Example sentences for: balked

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Ballard on which the film is based was pulped in toto, its second publisher announced it and then balked, and the house that finally undertook it seems to have dispatched most of the run directly to the remainder tables (I bought my copy not long after publication for 79 cents).
With difficulty, Barbara Bodine, the U.S. ambassador to Yemen, tried to persuade the Yemeni government to accept these visitors and allow them to carry arms, though the Yemenis balked at letting Americans openly carry long guns (rifles, shotguns, automatic weapons).
The cooks there were kind enough to donate a large platter and a vat of spicy barbecue sauce, but balked at putting BBQ-Brief sandwiches on the menu.
The paper quotes people familiar with the situation as saying that Murdoch had balked at printing passages critical of the Chinese government.
Another gala affair, featuring Sting and Tom Jones, was canceled when partiers balked at the $2,500 tickets.