How to Use quibble in a Sentence

quibble

1 of 2 verb

• That hasn't stopped quibbling over his place in NBA ranks, though.
  — SI.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• This might be why Musk is now quibbling about the edit.
  — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2018
• For $15, there’s not a lot to quibble over with this simple T-shirt.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 19 Nov. 2022
• Now, could a good defense lawyer come in and quibble with this or try to poke holes in it?
  — Jennifer Hauser, Tara John and Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 8 Aug. 2021
• Of course, people will quibble with some of the omissions.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2020
• But to quibble over the punctuation is to miss the point.
  — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2019
• British negotiators are sure to quibble over the size of the tab.
  — Jill Lawless, Orange County Register, 29 Mar. 2017
• But players more au courant will find things to quibble with.
  — Christopher Byrd, The Seattle Times, 4 June 2017
• The bottom line is there always will be room to quibble about the data.
  — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 29 Apr. 2021
• Brontë purists may quibble with the futzing of the timeline.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 Sep. 2022
• The ballots themselves don’t provide much to quibble about: a yes or no box to be filled in.
  — Fortune, 29 Mar. 2021
• But to quibble like that would be to miss the point; not every festival needs to be an Ojai.
  — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
• Mock draft purists may quibble with who the Cowboys took and the round those selections were made.
  — Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2022
• 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.
  — Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 11 Oct. 2017
• 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.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 June 2021
• But there is no more to quibble over here than there is in any academic text.
  — Julian Baggini, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2022
• There’s less to pick at or quibble with here than any position on this team.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2021
• As so often, there was much for fact-checkers to quibble over.
  — The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018
• Both sides quibbled as to the number of people who jumped Jones after the first shooting.
  — Anne Ryman, azcentral, 17 Jan. 2020
• In a broad sense, there is little to quibble with in this analysis.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 July 2022
• Many will quibble about the choice of a musical that's not widely known, but on the whole, this was nicely done.
  — David Rooney, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2017
• This is the only sensible way to do it, but some people like to quibble.
  — Popular Science, 28 Mar. 2020
• Both sides quibbled over the number of people who jumped Jones after the first shooting.
  — Anne Ryman, azcentral, 11 Feb. 2020
• The fight over whether pro-life voters count as Democrats amounts to nothing more than useless quibbling over rhetoric.
  — Alexandra Desanctis, National Review, 14 Feb. 2020
• Even with those four, there’s something to quibble about with regard to their 2020 showings.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
• Anyway, a few grumps are quibbling that there wasn't enough action, or advancing of the plot.
  — Kristi Turnquist, OregonLive.com, 17 July 2017
• Some might quibble and say Mexico should have won for as dominant as El Tri looked for most of the game.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
• The framed photos cost $36.95 which was double the savings of Mother’s Day, but Antoine was not about to quibble with that.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 May 2021
• Imagine, quibbling over style points in what was forecast as a season to forget.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• Oklahoma might quibble with that version of events, as its defense struggled in similar fashion to USC by the end of that tenure.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2023

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quibble

2 of 2 noun

• Our only quibble about the trip was that it rained a lot.
• That’s a small quibble to make of a novel that is pure pleasure to read.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2022
• Our only quibble with these bulbs is the cost—about $5 per bulb.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2024
• There’s just one small quibble – and that’s with Elaine’s choice to block Jason’s vote.
  — Stephen Fishbach, PEOPLE.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• But these are quibbles that will be fun to debate in the coming weeks.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2019
• My only quibble is that the jus was served in a plastic cup.
  — Michael Nagrant, RedEye Chicago, 13 Sep. 2017
• My only quibble: It’s served sliced, not whole to eat with a fork and knife as it’s done in Italy.
  — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2020
• But the main quibble has to do with Ivory’s memories of the prurient kind.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
• Sometimes the type doesn’t match the narration, but that’s a quibble.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2020
• What to drink: One small quibble: More cocktails, please!
  — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• Our only quibble is that the firmness is the same on both sides, so there’s not a softer side to move up to.
  — Jessica Hartshorn, goodhousekeeping.com, 9 May 2023
• Even with my few small quibbles, that’s an enormous deal.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 30 Mar. 2018
• One small quibble: the Dungeness crab hash could use more crab and less potatoes.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2019
• My only quibble was that the flank steak, sourced from Pat LaFrieda, was chewy.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 19 June 2018
• My one quibble with the ports is the soft, silicone (?) port covers.
  — Brad Moon, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2021
• O’Hare’s main quibble is the extra €15 cost per guest for using the hotel pool.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 16 Feb. 2023
• Though there was nary a quibble with any of the performances, here are some highlights.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022
• But this seems a small quibble in a book that makes grand promises and delivers on most of them.
  — Charlotte Graham, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
• But these are relative quibbles next to the millions of lives saved.
  — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 12 Dec. 2018
• One quibble: The case isn’t solved at the novel’s conclusion.
  — Jen Doll, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018
• My lone quibble: The three slices of cheddar were overkill and didn’t completely melt.
  — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• The non-locking diopter is a tad too loose, and the finish is a little slick—both minor quibbles.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 10 May 2023
• For all the quibbles about her style and level of access, there is one thing that is beyond reproach: the work.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
• The only quibble: Some tasters would have liked a little extra sea salt to combat the sweet.
  — Outside Online, 4 Aug. 2017
• Our only quibble was that there were no secure tie-downs for the wheelchair.
  — Ryan D'agostino, Car and Driver, 16 Aug. 2020
• Stylistic quibbles aside, what did Shogun World achieve?
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 May 2018
• My other quibbles with the Compass are few and far between.
  — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 29 Nov. 2018
• But these wind up seeming like minor quibbles as the tension builds and the truth unfolds.
  — Tasha Robinson, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2018
• Along these lines, a quibble: the area around the microSD slot is too narrow to easily remove the card.
  — Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 4 May 2018
• To unravel the intricacies and try to resolve the geographic quibbles, here's a look at what makes up the beating heart of metro Phoenix.
  — The Arizona Republic, 7 Feb. 2024

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