caviling
- present participle of cavil.
Example Sentences
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So what was I caviling about to myself during intermission?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025
What artist would want to tap into the flow of my caviling thoughts in the middle of a performance?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2022
They make deals, unencumbered by caviling aides and persnickety diplomats, as he and Mr. Trump will be when they meet in Helsinki.
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2018
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
They cheerfully made the best of it, and enjoyed what good things they had without allowing caviling care to corrode their pleasure.
From Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton by Emerson, Alice B.
