Sentences with phrase «cavil at»

I used to cavil at gavels, but now I'm part of the problem.

to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.

But this is to cavil at what is meant to be a provocative thesis.

Nobody even slightly acquainted with the situation in Central and Eastern Europe today should cavil at that.

A generation which has spoken of the «miracle of Dunkirk» need not cavil at those who saw in the strange deliverance of Jerusalem a signal act of God's mercy to His people.

The second is that they use it with as much precision as Margaret Thatcher; for if one cavils at Thatcher's materialistic interpretation of the story, it is hard to feel much more comfortable with Labour's general «the state should jolly well get involved and do something» interpretation.

Not exact matches

It does mean beyond cavil that Michael Novak has contributed significantly to the development of Catholic social doctrine at the highest level of its teaching authority.

Salmond told BBC1's Sunday Politics programme: «I am actually not surprised they are cavilling and reneging on commitments, I am only surprised by the speed at which they are doing it.

And rather than caviling about people pointing out the shortfalls of the inquiries, you should be frustrated at the inquiries failing to resolve obvious problems and asking yourself why they haven't done so.

This seems fairly straightforward (though the mischievous might like to cavil about «works at»).