CAPTIOUS in a Sentence
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Example sentences for CAPTIOUS, such as:
1. I resent the way he asked that was captious question.
2. Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged.
2. Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged.
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Meanings and Examples of CAPTIOUS
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captious
a. intended to confuse in an argument
Classic Sentence:
1 Georgiana, who had a spoiled temper, a very acrid spite, a captious and insolent carriage, was universally indulged.
2 She was dry, rough, peevish, sharp, captious, almost venomous; all this in memory of her monk, whose widow she was, and who had ruled over her masterfully and bent her to his will.
Example Sentence:
1 I resent the way he asked that was captious question.