Sample Sentences for
quibble
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    "We're not here to bandy words or quibble over their meaning," the old woman said.  (source)
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    Let's not quibble over individuals with memoriams.  (source)
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    This is what historians usually do, quibble about cause and effect when the point is, there are times when the world is in flux and the right voice in the right place can move the world.  (source)
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    Why quibble about the Yankees earning an honest penny selling out the Union?  (source)
    quibble = argue (about something unimportant)
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    The Quibbler's going for a new angle, then?†  (source)
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    Jem decided there was no point in quibbling, and was silent.  (source)
    quibbling = arguing (about unimportant things)
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    But she had all these quibbles: too expensive, too hoity-toity, too far from her girlfriends.†  (source)
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    They always quibbled, but actually they were very close-closer than most brothers and sisters.†  (source)
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    Down with the cardinal disputations, and quibblers!†  (source)
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    A quibble arose concerning the phrase "break out."  (source)
    quibble = argument (about something unimportant)
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    On the other hand, it was true enough that Chang was a subtle quibbler and that there was much justification for Mallinson's impatience.†  (source)
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    Just the dandelion fork quibbling upright in the ground.†  (source)
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    Branna might have some quibbles, but I think it's going just ...grand.†  (source)
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