balkiness
- a word derived from balky.
Example Sentences
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His friends are displaying a new balkiness, his enemies a new boldness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some Senate veterans have still to hear the new message, and, more than any other factor, senatorial balkiness has held up the flow of nominations.
From Time Magazine Archive
When they refuse to cooperate with a mother getting ready for the evening, she should be alert for more than ordinary balkiness and attempt to sympathize with whatever is bothering them.
From Time Magazine Archive
And I, bein' a Hammond, with some of the Hammond balkiness in me, I set my foot down as hard as his.
From Keziah Coffin by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
Fires of indignation are built under him for the purpose of consuming his balkiness.
From Around The Tea-Table by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
