caviling
Example Sentences
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What artist would want to tap into the flow of my caviling thoughts in the middle of a performance?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2022
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
"Sir, if I must perforce do this thing, and no denial will avail, do it I will without more caviling."
From Tales from the Old French by Various
