caviller

Example Sentences

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Will the caviller prove that the sun and moon would be greater blessings if their light wore more intense, or more abundant?

From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Barker, Joseph

A public accuser would be intolerable, or even a caviller, who should inveigh against sins for which he himself is called in question.

From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony

The caviller will say at once: "Could not someone else have done the work equally well—either a near relation in the other sphere or a ministering angel?"

From Seen and Unseen by Bates, E. Katharine

“Why does not God keep the Sabbath?” a caviller asked of a Jew.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Dods, Marcus

This is a fine legal quibble, stated for a purpose; but since legal minds disagree upon this point, a caviller might say no law is self-executing; all laws require enforcement.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady