haggling

Example Sentences

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In a damp back alley, Jingjing joined job-seekers milling about leisurely, haggling for higher wages while garment bosses perched on scooters brandished hiring signs, desperate for day labourers.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

They have decided to do a deal and are haggling with the trader.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

It could be that they didn’t want haggling over salary to tank their chances for a new job, researchers said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The grandson of a carpet merchant, he likened negotiations to bargaining in the Iranian bazaar, where endless haggling using different arguments brings results.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

They went on yelling and thrusting cocoons in one another’s faces and lying and haggling.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides