Sentence examples for quibble from inspiring English sources
The word 'quibble' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a minor nitpicking argument or complaint. For example: "He quibbled over the tiniest details, even though most people agreed with his main point."
verb
To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.
- They are constantly quibbling over insignificant details.
And if the organisers had taken care to ensure that was the case by including judo in this year's programme (accounting for a quarter of Scotland's total medal tally) it would be churlish to quibble.
And with four years as her nation's chief diplomat on the world stage under her belt, Mrs Clinton's personal gravitas is even harder to quibble with than it might have been in 2008.
Brexit fans in the British Isles will find few allies on the Polish political scene How, then, can you quibble with such a union?
Mr Cameron pushed back when needed, but left the glory to his colleague.One can quibble about the promise.
Nowadays their customers are more likely to be tired and irritable travellers, picking up the keys at an airport hire desk, lacking the energy to quibble with all those optional extras being loaded on to the bill.
It is hard to quibble with MSCI's logic: that after September 1st, Malaysia's openness as a market will be comparable to other countries', such as India.That is hardly a ringing endorsement.
Certainly, there are things to quibble about in the proposed legislation.
But that is a small quibble about an elegant and fair primer on a contentious issue.
And while Mr Hubbard argues that "the role of a business school is to advance the transformative role of business in society", many transformative business leaders the founders of Microsoft, Google and Dell for example—might quibble with the notion that an MBA is essential to success.A question of timingFortunes are made by those who anticipate when the stockmarket is about to turn.
America would help with "technical, logistical, human and financial assistance".Few would quibble with America holding trials for those accused of war crimes against its troops false surrenders, for example, or the parading of American prisoners before television cameras.
