cavilling

But then, cavilling is contemptible, as all controversialists declare!

Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle 1892

Why on earth sit there cavilling when you could be doing something positive?

Why can't the Newspaper Publishers Association launch its own app aggregator? Peter Preston 2010

If a player of Beardsley's ability was available now, one whose intelligence brought the best out of so many partners while scoring more than 200 goals himself, there would be little cavilling at a fee of more than £20m.

Darren Bent is the latest in a long line of lone wolves | Rob Bagchi 2011

Instead of cavilling, other organisations should follow UNESCO's approach.

UNESCO Slammed For 'Dictator' Science Prize 2010

"Sometimes cavilling criticism must fall silent and this is one such occasion," says Charles Spencer, which must have hurt.

What to say about ... All My Sons 2010

But for all my cavilling, he stood up for free trade, free markets and free societies.

Obama Bret Stephens 2010

EDITOR: The watchdog being the Audit Commission, normally known for cavilling about spending

Archive 2009-08-01 Thatsnews 2009

EDITOR: The watchdog being the Audit Commission, normally known for cavilling about spending

The Midweeker. Your Wednesday update Thatsnews 2009

Provoked and wearied, Cecilia resolved no longer to depend upon any body but herself for the management of her own affairs, and therefore, to conclude the business without any possibility of further cavilling, she wrote the following note to Sir Robert herself.

Cecilia 2008

Whoever you may be, I caution you against rashly defaming the author of this work, or cavilling in jest against him.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007