cavil
Example Sentences
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The organization’s main cavil — that the measure will have inordinate impact on small medical practices — is largely a smokescreen.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2020
They talk a lot about how something must be done about inequality and the need to address social unrest, but cavil at the idea they might be a big part of the problem.
From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2019
I wished the corn had been grilled rather than boiled, but that’s a cavil since I consumed two of three ears.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2018
Journalists may cavil about Britain's "rickety constitutional arrangements", but how are ours doing these days?
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2016
The committee awarded Livingston his doctorate without cavil.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing cavil
Walden
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 11
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