captious

Example Sentences

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But when the two reconvene, there is no talk of favors or captious admonishments, only the authentic joy of seeing a friend’s familiar face after so long.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2024

“I do not want to be captious, but desire the public to understand the facts,” Baker told The Washington Post.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2021

District Judge Renee Marie Bumb likened claims that Hartford's fund board allowed excessive fees to "armchair quarterbacking and captious nit-picking."

From Reuters • Dec. 27, 2016

She can be a captious and irritable mother-in-law to Ruth, and you feel the friction between the dominating women in Walter’s life.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2014

Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë