Example Sentences
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Prospective investors had caviled at “the benevolence of Starbucks management”, he said, which gave all employees health insurance and stock options; they wanted the money spent on investor returns.
From The Guardian • Aug. 30, 2017
No one has caviled that Hughes, who was too young for combat in World War I and too old for combat in World War II, should have chosen to write about both.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile, the FCC caviled about the frequencies he wanted to use.
From Time Magazine Archive
Indeed, some U.S. policymakers caviled at Thant's plan.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I knowed it!" caviled Lazy Daisy sotto voce to no one in particular.
From Old Lady Number 31 by Forsslund, Louise
