How to Use quibble in a Sentence
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That hasn't stopped quibbling over his place in NBA ranks, though.
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SI.com,
21 Mar. 2018
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This might be why Musk is now quibbling about the edit.
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Elizabeth Lopatto,
The Verge,
14 Dec. 2018
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For $15, there’s not a lot to quibble over with this simple T-shirt.
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Mike Richard,
Men's Health,
19 Nov. 2022
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Now, could a good defense lawyer come in and quibble with this or try to poke holes in it?
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Jennifer Hauser, Tara John and Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
8 Aug. 2021
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Of course, people will quibble with some of the omissions.
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Robert Gehrke,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
31 Aug. 2020
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But to quibble over the punctuation is to miss the point.
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Mary Norris,
The New Yorker,
22 Nov. 2019
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British negotiators are sure to quibble over the size of the tab.
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Jill Lawless,
Orange County Register,
29 Mar. 2017
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But players more au courant will find things to quibble with.
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Christopher Byrd,
The Seattle Times,
4 June 2017
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The bottom line is there always will be room to quibble about the data.
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Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
29 Apr. 2021
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Brontë purists may quibble with the futzing of the timeline.
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Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
15 Sep. 2022
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The ballots themselves don’t provide much to quibble about: a yes or no box to be filled in.
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Fortune,
29 Mar. 2021
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But to quibble like that would be to miss the point; not every festival needs to be an Ojai.
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New York Times,
5 Aug. 2022
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Mock draft purists may quibble with who the Cowboys took and the round those selections were made.
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Dallas News,
29 Apr. 2022
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That quibble aside, this is a smart and engaging take on a play that offers a lot of ways to go wrong in the wrong hands.
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Kerry Reid,
chicagotribune.com,
11 Oct. 2017
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Other lessons in fathering came from my friends Jill and Sarah, who don’t quibble about who’s the mom and who’s the dad.
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Kevin Fisher-Paulson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
15 June 2021
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But there is no more to quibble over here than there is in any academic text.
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Julian Baggini,
WSJ,
3 Feb. 2022
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There’s less to pick at or quibble with here than any position on this team.
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David Moore,
Dallas News,
7 Apr. 2021
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As so often, there was much for fact-checkers to quibble over.
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The Economist,
5 Apr. 2018
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Both sides quibbled as to the number of people who jumped Jones after the first shooting.
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Anne Ryman,
azcentral,
17 Jan. 2020
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In a broad sense, there is little to quibble with in this analysis.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
15 July 2022
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Many will quibble about the choice of a musical that's not widely known, but on the whole, this was nicely done.
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David Rooney,
Billboard,
18 Dec. 2017
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This is the only sensible way to do it, but some people like to quibble.
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Popular Science,
28 Mar. 2020
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Both sides quibbled over the number of people who jumped Jones after the first shooting.
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Anne Ryman,
azcentral,
11 Feb. 2020
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The fight over whether pro-life voters count as Democrats amounts to nothing more than useless quibbling over rhetoric.
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Alexandra Desanctis,
National Review,
14 Feb. 2020
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Even with those four, there’s something to quibble about with regard to their 2020 showings.
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Tony Blengino,
Forbes,
10 Nov. 2021
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Anyway, a few grumps are quibbling that there wasn't enough action, or advancing of the plot.
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Kristi Turnquist,
OregonLive.com,
17 July 2017
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Some might quibble and say Mexico should have won for as dominant as El Tri looked for most of the game.
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Nancy Armour,
USA TODAY,
22 Nov. 2022
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The framed photos cost $36.95 which was double the savings of Mother’s Day, but Antoine was not about to quibble with that.
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Sam Whiting,
San Francisco Chronicle,
9 May 2021
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One thing Torous and others don't quibble with is the need for behavioral-health options.
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Ken Alltucker, Alex Connor and Jayne O'Donnell,
USA TODAY,
15 June 2018
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Seems to me that, if the scientists don’t want film critics to quibble with the science, the scientists should stop meddling with the art.
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Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2022
- Our only quibble about the trip was that it rained a lot.
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That’s a small quibble to make of a novel that is pure pleasure to read.
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Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2022
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Our only quibble with these bulbs is the cost—about $5 per bulb.
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Kat De Naoum,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Jan. 2024
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There’s just one small quibble – and that’s with Elaine’s choice to block Jason’s vote.
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Stephen Fishbach,
PEOPLE.com,
30 Oct. 2019
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But these are quibbles that will be fun to debate in the coming weeks.
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Julie Washington,
cleveland,
18 Dec. 2019
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My only quibble is that the jus was served in a plastic cup.
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Michael Nagrant,
RedEye Chicago,
13 Sep. 2017
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My only quibble: It’s served sliced, not whole to eat with a fork and knife as it’s done in Italy.
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Nick Kindelsperger,
chicagotribune.com,
27 Aug. 2020
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But the main quibble has to do with Ivory’s memories of the prurient kind.
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John Tamny,
Forbes,
26 Jan. 2022
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Sometimes the type doesn’t match the narration, but that’s a quibble.
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Dewayne Bevil,
orlandosentinel.com,
21 Aug. 2020
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What to drink: One small quibble: More cocktails, please!
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Kara Baskin,
BostonGlobe.com,
17 May 2023
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Our only quibble is that the firmness is the same on both sides, so there’s not a softer side to move up to.
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Jessica Hartshorn,
goodhousekeeping.com,
9 May 2023
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Even with my few small quibbles, that’s an enormous deal.
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Constance Grady,
Vox,
30 Mar. 2018
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One small quibble: the Dungeness crab hash could use more crab and less potatoes.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Aug. 2019
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My only quibble was that the flank steak, sourced from Pat LaFrieda, was chewy.
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Florence Fabricant,
New York Times,
19 June 2018
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My one quibble with the ports is the soft, silicone (?) port covers.
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Brad Moon,
Forbes,
16 Oct. 2021
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O’Hare’s main quibble is the extra €15 cost per guest for using the hotel pool.
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Francesca Street,
CNN,
16 Feb. 2023
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Though there was nary a quibble with any of the performances, here are some highlights.
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Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2022
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But this seems a small quibble in a book that makes grand promises and delivers on most of them.
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Charlotte Graham,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2018
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But these are relative quibbles next to the millions of lives saved.
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Dylan Matthews,
Vox,
12 Dec. 2018
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One quibble: The case isn’t solved at the novel’s conclusion.
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Jen Doll,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2018
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My lone quibble: The three slices of cheddar were overkill and didn’t completely melt.
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Michael Mayo,
sun-sentinel.com,
24 Oct. 2019
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The non-locking diopter is a tad too loose, and the finish is a little slick—both minor quibbles.
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Dave Hurteau,
Field & Stream,
10 May 2023
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For all the quibbles about her style and level of access, there is one thing that is beyond reproach: the work.
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Paolo Confino,
Fortune,
27 Feb. 2024
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The only quibble: Some tasters would have liked a little extra sea salt to combat the sweet.
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Outside Online,
4 Aug. 2017
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Our only quibble was that there were no secure tie-downs for the wheelchair.
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Ryan D'agostino,
Car and Driver,
16 Aug. 2020
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Stylistic quibbles aside, what did Shogun World achieve?
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2018
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My other quibbles with the Compass are few and far between.
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Eric Bangeman,
Ars Technica,
29 Nov. 2018
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But these wind up seeming like minor quibbles as the tension builds and the truth unfolds.
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Tasha Robinson,
The Verge,
12 Oct. 2018
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Along these lines, a quibble: the area around the microSD slot is too narrow to easily remove the card.
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Edward C. Baig,
USA TODAY,
4 May 2018
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One quibble: The Breton-striped shirts on the waiter uniforms have a Where’s Waldo?
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Michael Klein,
Philly.com,
7 Mar. 2018
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