- present participle of quarrel.
quarreling
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Quarreling, fighting, stealing, abuse of public property and use of objectionable language have been reduced to nearly negligible proportions.
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Quarreling began on the first day and continued until the last.
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Quarreling allies and vigorous enemies are not Scelba's only handicaps.
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Quarreling and strife broke out among the men that were under him.
From A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. by Edwards, Clayton
Attempts at Union with North Carolina.—Though universally decried as the "Quarreling Conference," Tennessee enjoyed and cultivated unity and harmony within, and zealously also sought peace and unity with other Lutheran synods.
From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by Bente, F. (Friedrich)