caviled

variants or cavilled
past tense of cavil

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for caviled
Verb
  • Some New Yorkers have complained that locking the passageways between train cars might prevent them from escaping to another part of the train during an emergency.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • At the same time, after Combs complained at length at his sentencing hearing last week about the conditions at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, the Bad Boy Records founder now wants to be relocated to a much cushier low-security facility in New Jersey.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • From the other room, the victim moaned.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Yankees fans have moaned and groaned about Aaron Boone’s deployment of Williams in crucial situations this season, and it’s only exacerbated now that every game counts in the postseason race.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But the other 3%, often muttered by students prospectively examining transfer applications, is distinct.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Although full disclosure, those two words were muttered in the press box Sunday after Nix had thrown two unsightly picks through the first three quarters of the Broncos’ win over Tennessee.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Caviled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caviled. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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