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
Once they no longer had an off-ice relationship at stake, they could resume their normal on-ice bickering:
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
A planned vote in September was tabled after fierce disagreement among members, whose bickering Thursday repeatedly devolved into shouting.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
I loved the stories Suzanne brought back from the eating-club banquets and parties she went to, but I had no interest in bickering myself.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
