demur

Without demur she moved over to the middle, making room for him.

In any case, John knows how important the election is to us and he has made no serious demur.

The driver of the other car pulled up without demur.

He forced the big blue pistol on him, despite his demur.

They'd let him in without demur; he'd expected to have to offer blood or some such ritual, but nothing of the sort took place.

Without demur, they all leaped back and hit the dirt.

He followed her without demur, halting only as she made to open the door.

But did the working class accept their continued relatively poor conditions without demur.

The words explained everything to the chemist; he made no further demur.

And she had the good sense to come, and make no demur about it.

Did the working class accept their circumstances without demur?

That's a pity, since I have no ground at present for a demur."

In less than ten minutes it was all over, and she accepted his light, brief kiss without demur.

He frowned when she did as he told her without any demur.

Charles, after a little demur, accepted the writing as genuine, and they passed on to the next point.

They had hitherto gone anywhere I wished, and at any time, without demur.

He made no demur, but went with her, though it meant walking head-on into the wind.

After a little demur he agreed to this; he was very tired.

When she assured him a small brandy would help settle his stomach, he made no demur.

But in the case of the works deriving from the artist's earlier "Portal" series, the demur is the thing.

What you said at the outset about privatisation, though, is not something that this House should accept without demur.

Of those present, only Blair made any demur.

To this suggestion there was no demur and a vessel set out forthwith.

He spoke with the authority of someone that expects obedience, and his order was accepted without demur.

She made no further demur, but sat in companionable silence, her back against a tree, watching the lake.

There was talk of her moving in, but she demurred.

But both demurred when asked if they would do it again.

But he demurred, and the subject never came up again.

I was the only member of the party to demur.

Some demurred, saying it was far too soon to think about such plans.

"I will really have to go and ask my father," she demurred.

They demurred, in order to pay back investors first, he says.

But when asked to open his shirt and show more, the President demurred.

I demurred to that as well, and turned my attention to the crowd.

At the end of the year, Davis was asked to return but demurred.

She held his sword out to him, but he demurred.

At first he demurred, because the score was not in his range.

It was the perfect opportunity to say something, but he demurred.

She demurred a bit, then reluctantly told me where to find him.

He showed them around but demurred from talking too much about fashion.

But he demurred and carried on in Russian for nearly three hours.

Those who knew him well shot up their hands, but most took his speech at face value and demurred.

Barnes, who had no staff with him and not enough time, demurred.

But she said having the alarm in place would make her feel better, so I demurred.

"Wait until we get to the other side," he demurred.

When he reached for the ones caught lower, she had to demur.

The Italian seemed the first person to demur to this view.

She demurs and puts him off until the next evening.

Blade saw no point in this, but did not demur.

She demurred, however, when asked if the city would put those exceptions in writing.