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    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "cavil" in a sentence

    cavil example sentences

    cavil


    cavils


    1. As a son of Caleb, whether natural or legitimate, he had a right to everything his father had left and I would have handed it over to him without cavil, but I was far from convinced that he was all he claimed to be


    2. So far, then, it is evident beyond all cavil that, had the


    3. Proved to me this day beyond cavil that it is not my material eyes


    4. You will tell me, I know, that this may or may not have happened; but I will listen to no cavil, unless you can point out any other method of understanding the affair as satisfactory at this


    5. simplicity, but the most fastidious dandy could have found nothing to cavil at in his toilet


    6. So were they all in their blind fancy, Mr Cavil and Mr Sometimes Godly, Mr Ape Swillale, Mr False Franklin, Mr Dainty Dixon, Young Boasthard and Mr Cautious Calmer


    7. Could my mother really cavil at victory? he asked himself


    8. You will tell me, I know, that this may or may NOT have happened; but I will listen to no cavil, unless you can point out any other method of understanding the affair as satisfactory at this


    9. "In the plainest possible case they cavil at idle forms


    1. Where are your cavils about the soul now?


    2. And I shall not trouble myself afterwards with any cavils that may be made; neither by whom, nor in what manner


    3. How are these pacific advances met by the other party? Rejected as absolutely inadmissible; cavils are indulged about the inadequacy of Mr


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    Synonyms for "cavil"

    cavil quibble quiddity carp chicane haggle dispute wrangle

    "cavil" definitions

    an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections


    raise trivial objections