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
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
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
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
She and Grandpa Ed are already bickering like an old married couple, but look.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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