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
The pair are later seen bickering just as they did in the old days.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 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
They were bickering about something, which made it easier to pretend that everything was normal.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
