Learn CAVIL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
1. It's fine when you make sensible criticisms, but it really bugs me when you cavil about unimportant details.
2. Miss Ophelia felt rather disposed to cavil at this picture, and was laying down her knitting to begin, but St. Clare stopped her.
Meanings and Examples of CAVIL |