faultfinder
Example Sentences
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Last week a canny faultfinder was being tuned up by Nashville's George Peabody College for Teachers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The only faultfinder was Donald Edgar of the Daily Express.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is a natural born faultfinder and grouchy by nature.
From Laugh and Live by Fairbanks, Douglas
Yes, sir, the faultfinder is always a failure.
From Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" by Hains, T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins)
It only means that the teacher, in making corrections or calling attention to failures, shall manifest the spirit of a helper and not of a faultfinder.
From The Recitation by Betts, George Herbert
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
