The word "baulk" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to an act of refusing to comply with or accept something. For example: "She baulked at the suggestion of working overtime."
The Brits will baulk at giving this one, too, to Linklater – though it's unlikely they'll come over patriotic enough to hand it to Nightcrawler's Dan Gilroy, admirable as such a move might be.
Why should we baulk at taking the next logical step?
The issue is fraught as developed nations with financial problems of their own baulk at channelling hundreds of billions of pounds into developing countries – which, in turn, worry that the amounts involved, though huge, are not nearly enough.
And while you may well baulk at some of the more expensive moisturisers available to you, invest wisely for a job well done.
How ironic, then, that Bush's deceptive subtlety has enabled her to investigate the kind of subject matter even the most brazen hip-hop queen would baulk at covering, such as paedophiliac desire, incest, cradle-snatching and, in the blackly humorous "Heads We're Dancing", the quandary of a woman who realises she's been dancing with Adolf Hitler.
One day, though, America's creditors will baulk at seeing the value of their dollar holdings whittled away.
And maybe the Chancellor will baulk at wholesale implementation of these proposals.
If you thought everyday kid-rearing was difficult, then blaze through a guide to rock'n'roll parenting and prepare to baulk.
While we may well baulk at allowing jihadists to return to Britain, we should have no hesitation in welcoming their victims.
Many landowners baulk at hosting "interim" dumps – in principle for three years – until the central government builds a mid-term storage facility.
Whether it is a consequence of colonial shame or simply cynicism about the merits of our 'establishment', there is a tendency in Britain to baulk at the idea that our institutions are models to the rest of the world.
