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Synonym: baulkcheckdeterrenthandicaphinderancehindranceimpedimentjibrafterresistSimilar words: talkwalkchalkstalkwalk offwalkerwalk outtalkingMeaning: [bɔːk]  n. 1. the area on a billiard table behind the balkline 2. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress 3. one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof 4. an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base. v. refuse to comply. 
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1 Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments.
2 Many people would balk at setting up a new business during a recession.
3 Westerners balk at the prospect of snake on the menu.
4 They are likely to balk at antiabortion legislation.
5 Their strategies to balk the enemy had failed.
6 People may well balk at this and never return to your site again.
7 Some practices may balk at this degree of rigour,[www.Sentencedict.com] especially given the relative scarcity of trained counsellors.
8 That was a balk to us.
9 Make not a balk of good ground.
10 The high price is a balk to me.
11 Many people balk at this danger.
12 Balk the purpose of those who threaten us.
13 They often still balk at being stigmatized as weird.
14 He shored up the wall with a thick balk of wood.
15 Even a single man bad been able to balk him.
16 Officials who once wooed foreign investors increasingly balk at approving new deals.
17 With a wife to divorce[sentencedict.com], Pavarotti not balk at paying the high costs of divorce.
18 Many designers balk at using web analytics because they are intimidated by the numbers and the potential complexity of the analysis.
19 The more European voters balk at economic reform, the more politicians yammer on about values.
20 The general problem for anarchists has been that a majority of most civilised populations will balk at attacks on the innocent.
21 Among the guests are many luminaries of Parisian society who might balk at that sort of food.
22 First high winds blow Stu Miller off the mound, forcing a balk, at Candlestick Park.
23 If they demand more compensation to account for taxes, defendants may balk.
24 A society that values freedom, sexuality, and human happiness can hardly balk at this inspiring fulfillment of its ideal.
25 They currently can seek help from the secretary of the Interior when state officials balk.
26 Have you ever worked with a therapist, or would you balk at that?
27 This would be an advantageous trade for both sides, but once again the Kings would still be an inferior ball club and Kobe would likely balk.
28 A player with ball in hand must play from the balk.
29 My horse jump across the deep ravine, but all the others balk.
30 They're eager to shortchange the economy when it needs help, even as they balk at dealing with long-run budget problems.
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