1. The Toyota was sluggish and balky.

2. The heat is balky in the winter.

3. The balky elevator has delivered the jumpers to a tiny platform contained within the tower.

4. The theory is that his balky digestion -- gummed up by too much fruit -- will now return to normal.

5. The engram bank may be balky but enough asking will bring forth any data in it sooner or later.

6. The balky engine sputtered and stopped.

7. The balky horse refused the jump.

8. After the balky start, however, the WHO's pandemic response system is running well.

9. The story becomes that of two balky boys and the efficient woman who must be mother to both of them.

10. Mine was balky and awkward, brand new, and of a light, common color.

11. The Nook, for example, has a balky color touch screen beneath the E Ink screen, which you use for navigation.

12. Foul fumes, balky restaurant exhaust systems and idling vehicles are among the top offenders, the city's Department of Environmental Protection says.

13. But because of the balky sequencing tools of the day and their high cost, much of the subsequent research progressed slowly or stalled.

14. Kaleri didn't believe the sound was from balky equipment ; rather It'seemed to originate from outside.

15. The increased funding would require approval from a balky Congress.

16. Brown had been hobbled since training camp with a balky left knee that caused him pain from the second day of practice.

17. Dial-up connections were an afterthought, which is one of the reasons they tend to be so balky to use today.

18. For one thing, the air conditioner in my hotel room is a bit balky.

19. The camera has an LED flash, which helps at close range at night, but the camera itself is balky and slow to focus and fire.

20. The withered stalks of last year's cotton had to be removed to make way for this year 's seeds and the balky horse, unaccustomed to the plow, dragged unwillingly through the fields.

21. But the United States and its allies ran into the same problem the Iranians have grappled with: the P-1 is a balky, badly designed machine.

22. I don't know how long it will take to download his image since my digital equipment is rather balky, but be patient, and you'll see him. As if you weren't used to seeing him every day ...

23. Whatever the demerits of microfilm as a storage medium (and it is notoriously balky, difficult stuff), at least it had a certain durability that the print article lacked.

24. You press the red button once to record (press hard — it’s a little balky) and once to stop.

25. If Francis, James, Wells and Scola can fill those needs (and T-Mac's balky back holds up), the Rockets just might be able to take the next step in their quest.

25. try its best to collect and build good sentences.

26. More and more he admired Franklin Roosevelt's ability to drive this balky team.

27. But engineers were more confident they knew how to work around the problem and get the balky instrument, a gas analyzer, back in operation.

28. They'll also get Chris Mihm back shortly from his lengthy bout with a balky ankle.

29. Take the last five years, for example. In 2005, for many, online video was a balky, stuttering, frustrating experience.