bickering
Example Sentences
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There was much intra-Senate grousing and griping and bickering in the days preceding Friday morning’s vote.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026
Shots of children too absorbed in their tablets to play with each other intermingle with classic bickering between Tom Hanks‘ Woody and Tim Allen‘s Buzz Lightyear.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
The bloc is made up of 27 often bickering countries.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
A planned vote in September was tabled after fierce disagreement among members, whose bickering Thursday repeatedly devolved into shouting.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
It was embarrassing to hear his family bickering right over his bed, as if he couldn’t hear them.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
