quarreling

Example Sentences

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A decade later, Demme would suffer similar strife on the set of “Beloved,” quarreling with Oprah Winfrey over aspects of characterization in the supernatural slavery epic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

They checked in on each other when they were sick, met each other’s families and spent long hours debating, quarreling and compromising in the fight against global warming.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

The quarreling neighbors haven’t met in a test series in 16 years and one-day international and Twenty20 series in 10 years.

From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2023

He gave voice to a broad range of characters, including corrupt politicians, starry-eyed young lovers, a quarreling Adam and Eve, and, in “Fiddler on the Roof,” struggling Jews in early-20th-century Russia.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

The little ones horsed around in the back, teasing, wrestling, tickling, quarreling and laughing, while Dicey studied the map.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt