CAPTIOUS in a Sentence

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1. I resent the way he asked that was captious question.
2. Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged.

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 Meanings and Examples of CAPTIOUS
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captious
 a.  intended to confuse in an argument
Classic Sentence:
1  Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  She was dry, rough, peevish, sharp, captious, almost venomous; all this in memory of her monk, whose widow she was, and who had ruled over her masterfully and bent her to his will.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON M...
Example Sentence:
1  I resent the way he asked that was captious question.