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Meanings of balk desire in English

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Usage of balk desire in English
1
The disagreeable is the balked desire, the obstructed wish, the offended taste.
The Nervous Housewife
2
Playing upon their balked desire for race-unity, Ferdinand bound his subjects to his wider imperialistic designs.
World's War Events Volume 3 / Beginning with the departure of t...
3
And a moment later there came a cry from above, a wordless snarl of balked desire, of soul-consuming rage.
The darkest road
4
Yet,-sheneeded him; and there was something of her mother in the fretting to which she was now and then driven by the balked desire.
The Unclassed
5
I threw a veil over the follies which every age will pardon to youth, on the ground of so many balked desires and bitter memories.
The Physiology of Marriage, Complete
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"Come on, you old fool!" Baggs exclaimed, burning with impatience, balked desire; he half carried him brusquely to his bed.
The Happy End