demur
verb (used without object)
to make objection, especially on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object.
was demurring
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past progressiveof demur.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Of course there was demurring, and profuse expressions of thanks and declinatures all in a breath.
From Four Girls at Chautauqua by Pansy
Whereat Ethel was demurring, when Dr. May came forth, and declared he should take her himself.
From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The story was also industriously circulated that Marshal Foch was demurring to any proposition for a settlement with Germany.
From Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him by Joseph P. Tumulty
