shouting match

Example Sentences

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Bessent responded that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversees bank license applications, was an independent entity before the testimony descended into a shouting match.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

A new report from Axios details a shouting match between Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that was first reported in the New York Times earlier this month.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2025

It became a three-way shouting match, the visit was cut short, and the minerals deal didn’t get signed.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2025

He’s in a shouting match with Dan, and their life together seems to be coming to an end.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

This led to an epic shouting match in which we exhausted all our analogies and then started all over again from the top.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris