List of antonyms from "baking" to antonyms from "balking"


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Definition of the day : « balking »

  • verb stop short
  • verb thwart
Example sentences :
  • And if you can propose some scheme for balking him, I'll take my hat off to you.
  • Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai
  • Jibbing, or “balking” as the Americans term it, is a detestable vice.
  • Extract from : « The Horsewoman » by Alice M. Hayes
  • On the other hand, he, Theydon, might be balking the course of justice by holding his tongue.
  • Extract from : « Number Seventeen » by Louis Tracy
  • The elevator was as dusky as ever, jolting and balking on its resentful way up.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Gives » by Owen Johnson
  • At this balking of their hopes they set up a howl of disappointment.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of The Badger » by Sidford F. Hamp
  • Them there gas engines is worse than a team of mules when they get to bucking and balking.
  • Extract from : « Captain Pott's Minister » by Francis L. Cooper
  • “Oh, Lil and Grace are balking,” declared Nan, with disgust.
  • Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall » by Annie Roe Carr
  • Wollaston was conscious of balking, although he would not retreat.
  • Extract from : « By the Light of the Soul » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • After a while I got to banking on that balking trick of his.
  • Extract from : « The Shield of Silence » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • On further discussion, when they are made to understand that worthwhile hickories can be grown, you come to the balking point.
  • Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting » by Northern Nut Growers Association