14 Usage Examples Depicting the Meaning of 'Cavil' in a Sentence

"To raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault unnecessarily, often followed by 'at' or 'about'." more

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The students often cavil about the length of homework assignments.

By the time the class finishes, the student will have been caviling about the choice of textbooks for the semester.

The student constantly caviled about the grading system, claiming it was unfair.

The teacher has caviled at the students' lack of preparation for the exam.

Students often will cavil at the grading system of the course.

The students will have been cavilling about the difficulty of the exam for days after it concludes.

By the end of the lecture, he will have cavilled at the professor's choice of examples.

The teacher is caviling at the students for not completing their assignments on time.

They are cavilling at the grammar errors in the academic paper.

The strict teacher would cavil at any deviations from the prescribed curriculum.

The professor was cavilling at the students' questions during the lecture.

He was caviling at the speaker's pronunciation during the language class.

The strict professor had caviled at the students' grammar errors in their essays.

Some students always find something to cavil about in the course syllabus.

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