Becci's mind balked at the idea, but a strange feeling inside suggested that her aunt might be right.

My mind, if I had one, simply balked at functioning beyond these primal things.

Her mind balked at the implications as another thunderclap shook the clearing.

There it was: the obvious situation that Don's mind had balked at.

It was too much to take in, and his mind balked abruptly.

His mind balked at how much they must be worth; you could buy a battle cruiser with the money just one of them would fetch.

A part of Beth's body reacted to the question like a child offered sugar plums, but her mind balked.

In Pro- ton this would be worth so much that his mind balked at attempting the calculation.

She looked at the thing again and her mind balked.

I tried to imagine living in our current conditions for the rest of my life and my mind balked.