The employees demurred at working overtime.
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Demurred
Synonyms for "demurred" (7 found)
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But Chloe in all simplicity demurred, asking him, moreover, what there could possibly be beyond kisses and embraces; and he, unacquainted with the mysteries of love, shed tears at his own ignorance.
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