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

Still, readers shouldn’t be overly captious about this diverting, light entertainment.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2018

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

“I wish you’d learn to put the caps back on things properly when you’re finished using them,” she said in a tone she fully meant to sound captious.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger