| be reluctant(object, protest, balk) |
| bide one's time(verb, watch, wait) |
| cavil(object, protest, disagree, hesitate, waver) |
| challenge(object, protest, disagree, hesitate, waver) |
| combat(object, protest, disagree, hesitate, waver) |
| complain(object, protest, disagree, hesitate, waver) |
| deprecate(object, protest, disagree, hesitate, waver) |
| disagree(object, protest, hesitate, waver, balk) |
| disapprove(object, protest, disagree, hesitate, waver) |
| dispute(object, protest, disagree, hesitate, waver) |
| doubt(object, protest, disagree, hesitate, waver) |
| express doubts(expression, object, protest, balk) |
| fight(object, protest, disagree, hesitate, waver) |
| hem and haw(expression, idiom, object, protest, disagree) |
| hesitate(object, protest, disagree, waver, balk) |
| jib(object, protest, balk) |
| object(protest, disagree, hesitate, waver, balk) |
| oppose(object, protest, disagree, hesitate, waver) |
| pause(object, protest, disagree, hesitate, waver) |
| protest(object, disagree, hesitate, waver, balk) |