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
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
Now the venture has devolved into bickering between defense companies Airbus and Dassault Aviation—and between Berlin and Paris—over who gets to lead its development, with all sides now questioning its future.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
It will also hope that it can put behind it months of public bickering and prove to the electorate it is a serious political force worth voting for.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025
“Were fighting for our lives,” I said, “and they’re bickering about some stupid chariot.”
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
