bickering

Example Sentences

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The outcome had largely been expected to come down to which of the bickering billionaires the jury would believe.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

“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

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

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA, England—The bickering started before we left London.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Her bartering and bickering had then seemed small-minded to him; now he was enough older to realize how valiantly she had fought for those under her care.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes