quibbling

Example Sentences

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Quibbling over bread selection does less to effect real-world change than it does to invite mass mockery.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023

Quibbling over the phrasing and timeline doesn’t change that.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2020

Quibbling over Nixon’s relevance is not where our attention should be focused.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2018

Quibbling over the death place of a dead hog, even as worthy a Porcine as Blue Boy, shows to what extent live mortals will go.

From Time Magazine Archive

Quibbling over the minutiae of form is indicative of failure to grasp the spirit.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)