bicker
Example Sentences
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These days, pastel and fluorescent birds groom, preen and bicker in enclosures behind the home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Despite the stress of delivering the “Arirang” on time, the men never bicker or snipe at each other.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
But they can still take steps to reduce tension when older couples bicker about money.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel has Dr. Frankenstein bicker with his creature about her potential existence before deciding against it in fear that “she might become ten thousand times more malignant than her mate.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
To raise voices and bicker would be an insult to Hāloa, our older relative.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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