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Filter by Meaning The customer complained captiously about the service he received.
The chef responded captiously to the diner's request.
He refused to consider any viewpoints other than his own, captiously clinging to his beliefs.
The art critic captiously dismissed the painting as derivative and unoriginal.
She captiously criticized her colleague's clothing, which had nothing to do with their work.
The judge captiously scrutinized every detail of the defendant's testimony.
The manager captiously refused to grant the employee's request for time off.
The teacher captiously graded her students' papers, deducting points for minor mistakes.
He captiously dismissed the novel as "too avant-garde," without offering any specific criticism.
The coach captiously berated the athlete for a minor mistake, ignoring all the good plays they had made.
The restaurant critic captiously panned the new bistro, citing minor flaws in the decor.
She captiously refused to consider any options other than the one she had already decided on.
The politician captiously attacked their opponent's character instead of addressing the real issues.
The boss captiously criticized every minor detail of his employee's work.
The landlord captiously refused to fix the leaky faucet, claiming it was the tenant's fault.
The customer captiously complained about every aspect of the product, even though it met all the advertised specifications.
The student took the teacher's feedback captiously, even though it was meant to help her improve.
The customer complained captiously about the service, even though it was impeccable.
The employee took any constructive criticism captiously.
The author reacted captiously to the negative reviews of her book.
The politician responded captiously to the opponent's arguments.
The employee captiously criticized the boss's decision.
She captiously questioned the accuracy of the survey.
He listened captiously to the speaker, waiting for any inconsistencies.
The reviewer examined the book captiously, finding fault with every sentence.
The food critic captiously evaluated every dish served at the restaurant.
The teacher captiously marked every error on the student's essay.
The judge captiously questioned the witness, trying to catch them in a contradiction.
The music critic captiously dismissed the album as "bland and uninspired," without offering any constructive feedback.
He captiously belittled his coworker's idea in the meeting.
The coach spoke captiously to his players after their loss, causing them to feel demoralized.
The actor took the interviewer's question captiously and refused to answer it.
The actor took any negative feedback captiously.
He tends to react captiously to criticism and lash out defensively.
The politician responded captiously to the journalist's question, evading the topic at hand.
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