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Verb (used without object) : He finds something to cavil at in everything I say. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to cavil each item of a proposed agenda. From Dictionary.com.
The association of Brother cavil's name with the word 'cavil' seems almost irresistible. From Wordnik.com. [Links and Notes] Reference
My only cavil is that. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Works of George Orwell (reviews)] Reference
Criticism and cavil are two very different things. From Wordnik.com. [Conversation What to Say and How to Say it] Reference
And less inclin'd, therefore, at trifles to cavil. From Wordnik.com. [The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of "The Peacock At Home"] Reference
Their adaptability to their new duties is beyond cavil. From Wordnik.com. [History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico] Reference
Strictly speaking, there was nothing to cavil at in this. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
The generosity of the editors is, indeed, beyond all cavil. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
What good purpose then will it serve to cavil at the monks forever?. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
The truth of the foregoing statements is established beyond all cavil. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?] Reference
This would appear, at first sight, to settle the question beyond cavil. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
But it took paper bags to prove beyond cavil the truth of my contention. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
Recent demonstrations in that direction go to prove beyond cavil the fact. From Wordnik.com. [The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes] Reference
There is no hesitation, cavil, or debate in the acceptance of it as a duty. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
And so far as the art of music is concerned there is also no need to cavil. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe] Reference
Exact measurements have since demonstrated beyond all question of cavil that. From Wordnik.com. [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914] Reference
Here again is an opportunity for the agnostic to cavil and reject such evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
What memory could stand such a burden, or what might legal cavil not find therein?. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Yet what could be more childish than such a cavil, either in England or in St Helena?. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
How should I cavil at aught that shall come -- I stand with your head on my breast. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of Dreams Poems] Reference
A critic, I'm sure (and I am not one!) could cavil about a certain unevenness in quality. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Clothier: ACE Gallery: Three Artists] Reference
Knoxville, yet so completely successful, that nothing is left for cavil or fault-finding. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The doubters may cavil over the philosophy, but I think I may remain content with the fact. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
Why should material philosophy cavil at the creeds which teach a righteous judgment to come?. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880] Reference
Hun was a menace they made their readers understand beyond cavil just what that menace meant. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
The tribunes then began to cavil, and wished to absolve the people from their obligation; that. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
Even the most rigid economists will not cavil at the latest addition to our financial burdens. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-20] Reference
Having once placed themselves under officials, decisions must be accepted without cavil at the time. From Wordnik.com. [Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium] Reference
Beyond cavil, this portly and handsome volume makes good the claim which is set forth on the title-page. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
When cavil yields more fully to examination, the system will have large additions to the number of its friends. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Timothy, that must silence every cavil, which men, who do not know God's will on this subject, may start until time ends. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
He would have been a cynical epicurean who would have criticised the appointments; the banquet itself was above all cavil. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
That he had brought it from home was beyond cavil in his mind, for had he not paid his cab-fare and the other expenses from it?. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Having given the subject such careful thought, I am not disposed either to minimize obstacles or to cavil at well-meant efforts. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Hamlet, as we shall prove beyond the possibility of cavil, is the hitherto unexplained 'purge' in 'The Return from Parnassus,' which. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere and Montaigne] Reference
The incredulous blinded themselves by various pretences: but the evidence of the miracle leaves no room for the least cavil or suspicion. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
And let philosophers cavil and doubt, if they must; but this man's example is a refutation in fact of a thousand of their sceptical theories. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
It is ungrateful to cavil at this moralizing and didactic temper, which animates a large part of the nation and is responsible for much of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
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