bickering

Example Sentences

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“You’ve seen the history with the bickering back and forth and we have to move forward past that,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

However, it is a chance to bond and see new places - something siblings from Manchester Katie and Harrison, wanted to do, in contrast to the stereotype of bickering brothers and sisters.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

There was much intra-Senate grousing and griping and bickering in the days preceding Friday morning’s vote.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

Shots of children too absorbed in their tablets to play with each other intermingle with classic bickering between Tom Hanks‘ Woody and Tim Allen‘s Buzz Lightyear.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

Of course, there’s sometimes a reason to have a “real” quarrel, but the verbal exchanges that take place here are just plain bickering.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank