captious

How to use captious in a sentence

• The human sweetness in him was half dried up, and a misanthropy, so new and alien to him, made him querulous and captious.

  The Life of Mazzini | Bolton King

• But the real Hynde Horn in the dear old ballad had a truelove who was not captious and capricious and cold like Francesca.

  Penelope's Experiences in Scotland | Kate Douglas Wiggin

• "There, you hear that," said Lawless, who had just drunk enough to render him captious and obstinate.

  Frank Fairlegh | Frank E. Smedley

• The Pharisees, always captious and controversial, sought to entangle the Savior in a discussion on the subject of divorce.

  The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism | S. E. Wishard

• A captious eye might have marked it as somewhat lacking—somewhat too round and ready, like the ripple on a pan of water.

  Where the Pavement Ends | John Russell