quibble

Example Sentences

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As dispassionate buyers who paid cash and didn’t quibble over ugly paint or dingy carpet, they beat out regular buyers without having to outbid them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

The only quibble is the show primarily runs on weekends only.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

But this is a minor quibble for a film that, like the “Nebraska” album itself, rightly dares to elevate the making of a solo acoustic record into high art.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025

The funny thing is that while we quibble about these products that may or may not work, there’s one tried-and-true product that guarantees good skin: sunscreen, whose only sin is not being sexy enough.

From Slate • May 4, 2025

The fact that the Japanese had attacked Hawaii rather than invaded the continental United States was a distinction that neither of us bothered to quibble over.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson