bickering
Example Sentences
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We’re so busy down here bickering that we sometimes neglect to look up and consider how much we can accomplish when we are at our best.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
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
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
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
