bicker

Example Sentences

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A pair of inquisitive magpies followed them from tree to tree, bickering.

From Literature

When his daughters bickered in the past, he’d want to “give them advice or de-escalate their conflict.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But they can still take steps to reduce tension when older couples bicker about money.

From MarketWatch

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

Somewhere in between the teasing and the bickering, I’d come to think of him as more than a mandatory partner.

From Literature