faultfinder

Example Sentences

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The only faultfinder was Donald Edgar of the Daily Express.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week a canny faultfinder was being tuned up by Nashville's George Peabody College for Teachers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having listened to the faultfinder, they vote; and having voted, they rarely relent.

From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.

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