quibble

Example Sentences

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As dispassionate buyers who paid cash and didn’t quibble over ugly paint or dingy carpet, they beat out regular buyers without having to outbid them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

But this is a minor quibble for a film that, like the “Nebraska” album itself, rightly dares to elevate the making of a solo acoustic record into high art.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025

Eliot — no stranger to feline alter egos — responded earnestly to a poetic quibble.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

We can quibble over the precise numbers, perhaps, but the thrust of Beattie's argument is unimpeachable.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025

The fact that the Japanese had attacked Hawaii rather than invaded the continental United States was a distinction that neither of us bothered to quibble over.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson