bicker
Example Sentences
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Despite the stress of delivering the “Arirang” on time, the men never bicker or snipe at each other.
From Salon
The sisters’ mutual antagonism has a few clever beats, like when they bicker over who had the superior working-class restaurant job, Grace waiting tables or Faith as a hostess.
From Los Angeles Times
But Mullin added that their personal differences wouldn’t keep him from doing his job — “it’s bigger than partisan bickering” — and asked Paul to let him earn his respect.
From Los Angeles Times
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
