Example Sentences

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The caviller will say at once: "Could not someone else have done the work equally well—either a near relation in the other sphere or a ministering angel?"

From Seen and Unseen by Bates, E. Katharine

This is a fine legal quibble, stated for a purpose; but since legal minds disagree upon this point, a caviller might say no law is self-executing; all laws require enforcement.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

I neither fear the critic or the caviller upon the ground-work of my address.

From An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... by Carlile, Richard

In these discussions, although the caviller is heard with a tolerant courtesy, it is clear that faith is always in the ascendant.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

“Why does not God keep the Sabbath?” a caviller asked of a Jew.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Dods, Marcus