How to Use balky in a Sentence

balky

adjective

• Hali, a first-round pick of the team in 2006, has battled balky knees the last few years.
  — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity, 12 Mar. 2018
• The balky charger is 19 years old; the one that failed in the spring was almost as old.
  — Fox News, 16 Oct. 2019
• In the past, if his car was balky in practice, there was tension.
  — Hank Kurz Jr, The Seattle Times, 28 Apr. 2017
• The laptops the corps members had been given were old and balky.
  — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2011
• But sometimes the line gets balky when the customer in front can’t quite make up their mind.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 6 July 2019
• Judge played in just four games against the Rays this season because of the balky right calf that kept him out of 30 games.
  — Kristie Ackert, courant.com, 5 Oct. 2020
• He's been out for more than a week and will get a second opinion on his balky knee.
  — USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
• Heat was sporadic, with a balky boiler that belched black smoke.
  — New York Times, 20 Jan. 2022
• But there was no stampede by others to buy the balky machine.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
• At one point, after many months, the shifting did start getting a bit balky.
  — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 23 May 2021
• Stafford's balky elbow could also be a red flag, not to mention the dearth of blocking in front of him.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2022
• Right guard Kyle Long looks like a shadow of his former self because of a balky hip.
  — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2019
• Ford played just 226 snaps last year because of his balky knee and a hamstring injury.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 6 Sep. 2020
• Watson isn’t likely to contend this weekend, not with a balky putting stroke and a driver that seems to lose yardage by the week.
  — Mike Berardino, Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2019
• Even as the weight was shed, as the body fat dropped, a balky left ankle got in the way, including during the games when needed most, at the close of the 41-41 season.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 July 2017
• Receiver Phillip Dorsett, who missed the win over the Giants with a balky hamstring, was at the session and was moving free and easy.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• Booker is no longer bogged down by either his balky knee or his adjustment from the college game to the pros.
  — Ap, USA TODAY, 31 May 2017
• Picked off three times and buried for minus-49 yards on those seven sacks, this wasn't the way the Rams QB should be nursing a balky elbow – though his arm looked just fine.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022
• His balky shoulder, if it gets knocked again, could finish his season.
  — Eric Bolin, ajc, 11 Oct. 2017
• He was visited by Roberts and the training staff when a balky knee began barking.
  — Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 22 June 2017
• The stiff suspension and balky steering make the GT shockingly easy to manage once the speedometer starts to spin.
  — Charles Fleming, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Switches that trigger the organ’s pistons are plagued with leaky valves and balky contacts.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2020
• Robertson, despite a balky Achilles, still played 28 minutes.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2021
• So much can happen between now and then, and so much of his future with the organization could hinge on the balky knees and hips of Wade, Rose and Thomas.
  — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2017
• The machines were big, balky and relatively few in number.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 16 July 2019
• After two weeks to rest a balky ankle, Dane Dunning returns to the Rangers rotation Tuesday with a lot to prove in the second half.
  — Dallas News, 25 July 2022
• The balky plumbing, the leaky roofs and the unforgiving loan payments are invisible to you.
  — Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• By the time the final pairing reached Amen Corner, McIlroy had fallen victim to a balky putter.
  — Barry Svrluga, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2018
• Then this Kensington Orbit trackball mouse was balky and didn’t help with a type of wrist pain that can affect parents who pick up small children.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
• Center Evan Brown left with a concussion and right tackle Abe Lucas continued to have issues with a balky knee.
  — Tim Booth, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024