caviling
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
So what was I caviling about to myself during intermission?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025
Someone better warn these caviling critics about Hamlet.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2021
It would come off as cheeky caviling to basically say, “I don’t like the way you defended me and my property from a criminal.”
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2016
Henrik Lundqvist: Early-season concern over a handful of spotty games and caviling over the occasional soft goal were, and continue to be, overreactions.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2011
It is simplicity and not worldly arrogance, obedience and not caviling; first as a daughter, then as a wife.
From A Little Girl in Old Detroit by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
