caviller

Example Sentences

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Surely none but a caviller will find any want of harmony between these different modes of expression.

From The Theology of Holiness by Clark, Dougan

The caviller will perhaps ask, concerning some of the rambling observations contained in this chapter, and the subject which has called them forth, Cui bono?

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Though he was an authority among the young men in sailing boats, he had not attained this distinction by being a critic and caviller.

From The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder by Optic, Oliver

The philosophic pessimist is not a fretful and malignant caviller who sneers at the follies of others because he thinks himself so much wiser than they.

From Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama by Hight, George Ainslie

So caviller like I submitted to pow'r, And was coddled in troth for the third of an hour.

From A Season at Harrogate by Hofland, Mrs. (Barbara)