CAVIL in a Sentence

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For CAVIL, below is one of 5 sentences:
Miss Ophelia felt rather disposed to cavil at this picture, and was laying down her knitting to begin, but St. Clare stopped her.

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 Meanings and Examples of CAVIL
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cavil
 v.  criticise for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections
Classic Sentence:
1  The count appeared, dressed with the greatest simplicity, but the most fastidious dandy could have found nothing to cavil at in his toilet.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 40. The Breakfast.
2  Miss Ophelia felt rather disposed to cavil at this picture, and was laying down her knitting to begin, but St. Clare stopped her.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
3  Anne, far from wishing to cavil at the pleasure, replied, "I can easily believe it."
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
4  Yes, both the bay, the Assessor, and the skewbald accounted residence at Tientietnikov's a most comfortable affair, and voted the oats excellent, and the arrangement of the stables beyond all cavil.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
Example Sentence:
1  It's fine when you make sensible criticisms, but it really bugs me when you cavil about unimportant details.