demurral
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of demurral
Example Sentences
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Or a polite demurral by the adult in the room?
From Slate • Jan. 20, 2025
Then, in the last part of her demurral, amounting to slightly more than half of her brief statement, she teased a potential new project.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2022
“I would be much quicker to question His Divinity if he stated, ‘Yes, I am God,’” a contributor to an online Rastafari forum wrote about Selassie’s demurral.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2021
The campaign’s demurral captured a criticism that many people in the queer community have made of the first viable out-of-the-closet candidate for the US presidency: he’s just not queer enough.
From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2020
Katherine Goble asked again, undeterred by the initial demurral.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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