Example Sentences

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Quibbles aside, there are vanishingly few artists in the world singing with such generosity, sensitivity and visceral impact.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Quibbles fade at the sight of most dishes, say, a strapping bowl of red coconut curry with a meaty duck leg poking out from what looks like lava and pulses with lemongrass.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

Quibbles below the line regarding Sunday 6.15pm kick-offs are absolutely permitted btw.

From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2020

Quibbles aside, John Wick is the smartest display of the implacable but somehow ethical Reeves character since the 2008 Street Kings.

From Time • Oct. 24, 2014

Quips, Quiddities, Quibbles, and Quirks, by . . . dear me, I want to say “ready writers”—that's the style of nom de plume required.

From Happy-Thought Hall by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir