(1) A carper will cavil at anything.

(2) They cavilled at our calculations.

(3) He cavilled at being asked to cook his own breakfast.

(4) I don't think this is the time to cavil at the wording of the report.

(5) Although his composition was flawless, the teacher was always cavilling at his handwriting.

(6) Anne, far from wishing to cavil at the pleasure, replied, "I can easily believe it."

(7) There was a time when people loved to carp and cavil at the post-1980s generation, either referring to them as the "beat generation" or claiming they were wet behind the ears.