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demur
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Definition:to raise doubts; to object
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Her mother and father had consented without demur, and were happy in her happiness. She had been waiting for him. She wanted to be the first to tell him her happiness and his. She had got ready to see him alone, and had been delighted at the idea, and had been shy and ashamed, and did not know herself what she was doing.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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O’Brien’s servant, however, had admitted the two of them without demur.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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I went to fetch my cloak without demur.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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Pan's yearning for adventure almost persuaded him, but he preferred to stay with Curly. His mother demurred, but his father said he might remain at home.
Zane Grey. The Valley of Wild Horses (1947)
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“Come here, Whitney.”
“No,” Whitney whispered, and no one heard his demurral
Stephen King. The Stand (1990)
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Carrie rather demurred at the invitation; but I explained to her that Franching was very well off and influential, and we could not afford to offend him.
George and Weedon Grossmith. The Diary of a Nobody (1882)
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and when he demurred it was for the general good, not to suit his own predilection.
Cecil Scott Forester. The African Queen, p.135 (1935)
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