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Grammar : Verb

Spell : stik-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪk əl

Definition of stickle

As in recoil : verb shrink away
As in scruple : verb balk, have misgivings
As in demur : verb disagree
As in dissent : verb disagree

Example sentences :

"But you did stickle about words an hour ago," said Mr. Hempstead, with some severity.
Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr

But the magistrate was not in a frame of mind to stickle for nicety of expression.
Extract from : « Monsieur Lecoq, v.1 » by Emile Gaboriau

Cringe, in the sense of to constrain; and so to stickle, or haggle.
Extract from : « Diary of Richard Cocks Vol. I » by Richard Cocks

I would not stickle about hours, but the money and the drink are very just.
Extract from : « Sybil » by Benjamin Disraeli

I am not disposed to stickle for this particular phraseology.
Extract from : « The Moral Instruction of Children » by Felix Adler

Stickle Pond is probably the best adapted of any of those available.
Extract from : « The Passaic Flood of 1903 » by Marshall Ora Leighton

Why, in this manner—but you mustnt mind my speaking out: we know each other well enough not to stickle at formalities—eh?
Extract from : « Dust » by Julian Hawthorne

Let three hundred be taken, and if you find more wanted do not stickle to add to this number.
Extract from : « Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln » by Charles L. Marson

Such is the influence of Government, that the Devil will every where stickle mightily, to have that siding with him.
Extract from : « The Wonders of the Invisible World » by Cotton Mather

The interview ended with a present of half-a-bull to Micky from the convict, which the boy seemed to stickle at accepting.
Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan

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