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
Mackey’s email generated a demurral from Amazon, which acquired the grocery chain in 2017, to the effect that Mackey’s policy predated the acquisition.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2020
It’s easy to see that attitude as standard executive demurral.
From The Verge • Jan. 4, 2019
“Gideon,” he would say, with the blunt regular demurral of Bartleby, “I do not generally like trying to visualize thousand-dimensional vectors in three-dimensional space.”
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2016
Katherine Goble asked again, undeterred by the initial demurral.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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