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
SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA, England—The bickering started before we left London.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
After some long-winded bickering between the two camps, the fighters - relatively restrained until that point - finally sparked into life.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
This constant bickering only leads to an inescapable level of discourse that serves the false perception of Fennell as the raging provocateur she is not.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
Uriah and Tobias are still in the lunch line, waiting behind two dozen Candor who are too busy bickering to get their food.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
