demur - use in sentences

Modifying Another Word

  • not: He said the costs would be borne by the Home budget, and Council did not demur.
  • slightly: St Andrew at Norton is the slightly demur sister church of St George, a mile away at Stowlangtoft.
  • politely: He politely demurred; but he could marshal no argument against hers.
  • rather: He talked about tangential energy and radial energy and most of us who were scientists really rather demurred from that.

The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.