A counselor tries not to be faultfinding. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I know this probably feels like nitpicky faultfinding. From Wordnik.com. [SFWA President: I’m a Write-In Candidate « Whatever] Reference
One other fact, and then I cease my brutal faultfinding. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Carl] Reference
Is he passionate, is he full of resentment, is he faultfinding?. From Wordnik.com. [The Discourses of Epictetus] Reference
Rasheed's faultfinding left her stricken in the kitchen with self-doubt. From Wordnik.com. [A Thousand Splendid Suns]
Not faultfinding, but a somewhat irritating concern for his comfort was in the complaint. From Wordnik.com. [Different Girls] Reference
Over and over, he stressed that it was all the faultfinding SmurFFs that were coming in that were the problem. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Justice] Reference
On the other hand, it may turn out well for him (and for all of us) that there's been faultfinding with Hillary. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times: Hillary Speech Partly Driven By Ambition] Reference
Were we to be rebellious at life for not being built after the pattern of our ideals there would be no limit to our faultfinding. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
"There isn't sun enough in this flat to keep a geranium alive," grumbled Miss Adams, who seemed determined to be lonely and faultfinding. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Rose of Mifflin] Reference
"Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.". From Wordnik.com. [Consider Jesus] Reference
The words were spoken very brightly, without a touch of faultfinding. From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume II] Reference
In those days, I had a complaining heart, a murmuring, grumbling, faultfinding heart. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Austrians might well retort upon Englishmen the faultfinding in which they then indulged. From Wordnik.com. [A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cransworth's Marriage and Divorce Bill] Reference
Like you I started out as a maintenance electrician doing faultfinding and the odd bit of editing. From Wordnik.com. [CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries] Reference
Mrs. Hobbs, in spite of her faultfinding and temper, had been a competent and careful housekeeper. From Wordnik.com. [Mary-'Gusta] Reference
The scribes and Pharisees could not let pass such an opportunity for faultfinding and caustic criticism. From Wordnik.com. [Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern] Reference
Indeed -- though I say it not in the way of faultfinding at all -- never was there so labyrinthine an abode. From Wordnik.com. [I and My Chimney] Reference
Lost in the hubbub and faultfinding, says web-application security expert Billy Hoffman, was a larger problem. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"And just think," she said; "no more little worries or pettinesses, no more whispers, or faultfinding, or ----". From Wordnik.com. [Fair Harbor] Reference
"It's a wonder you wouldn't drop a fellow a line," said Abbott, in a faultfinding tone, as he righted the bench. From Wordnik.com. [The Place of Honeymoons] Reference
The Flir T365 and 425 are said to reduce energy consumption through efficient electrical and mechanical faultfinding. From Wordnik.com. [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference
Not his the grudging and faultfinding temper that besets the lesser man when he comes to write of his contemporaries!. From Wordnik.com. [A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2] Reference
To any who had formed the idea that Mark Twain was irascible, exacting, and faultfinding, they will perhaps be a revelation. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900)] Reference
"Let us hope some people won't call it a hoyden!" said Mrs Dene, with the tender pride that made her faultfinding like a caress. From Wordnik.com. [In the Quarter] Reference
But the Creole, satisfied with her splendor, the crowning glory of a humble life, attributed her daughter's faultfinding to envy. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. (Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis) from the Spanish of Vincente Blasco Ibanez; authorized translation by Charlotte Brewster Jordan.] Reference
Jupiter, indignant at such inveterate faultfinding, drove him from his office of judge, and expelled him from the mansions of Olympus. From Wordnik.com. [Fables] Reference
Gordon broke in irritably: "My dear Gloria, spare me this painful faultfinding. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Trail] Reference
"censorious," meaning faultfinding, is derived from the name of these ancient officials. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
And to judge by the everlasting faultfinding, nobody is ever satisfied by what is accomplished. ". From Wordnik.com. [All-Wool Morrison] Reference
She's encouraged this faultfinding in you, boy. From Wordnik.com. [A Traitor to Memory]
Lord by reproach or faultfinding. From Wordnik.com. [EzineArticles] Reference
Guilt, blame, faultfinding. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Language of Your Body] Reference
(Ibid., s.v. "faultfinding."). From Wordnik.com. [Mormon Stories Podcast Archive] Reference
No faultfinding, no harming, restraint. From Wordnik.com. [Buddha]
Disagreement is not faultfinding, gossiping, backbiting, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Mormon Stories Podcast Archive] Reference
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