| But these are cavils and, at root, only the difference between fact and a greater, truth-telling fiction. |
| Smiley's attempt to root the novel in a specific political climate seems an unnecessary distraction, and a few characters are too broadly typed, but these are minor cavils. |
| How amateurish is the attitude of the Tolstoy disciple who cavils at his masterpieces. |
| To preclude all bickerings and cavils, I enclose the letter which attests your fall. |
| Despite all such cavils, this is a work of uncommon gracefulness that repays repeated reading and viewing. |
| It would only expose him, he said, to the suspicions and the cavils of his enemies. |
