caviling
Example Sentences
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So what was I caviling about to myself during intermission?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025
Someone better warn these caviling critics about Hamlet.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2021
It would come off as cheeky caviling to basically say, “I don’t like the way you defended me and my property from a criminal.”
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2016
It was hard to fault Woods’s performance, even after all the caviling about timing his announcement in the middle of a golf tournament and the ban on reporters’ questions.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2010
The appeal was received by some with apathy, by others with caviling and opposition, and was followed by action on the part of none.
From Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln by Arnold, Isacc Newton
