- present participle of quarrel.
quarrelling
Example Sentences
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According to the police, "there was a tense atmosphere and some quarrelling".
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
"It's not too late to repair. Stop quarrelling - now."
From Reuters • Oct. 17, 2023
The quarrelling neighbors haven’t met in a test series in 16 years and one-day international and Twenty20 series in 10 years.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2023
"We are told that the couple had issues and were quarrelling before," police chief Francis Wahome told AFP.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2021
They were all hatching, all quarrelling, all friendly nevertheless.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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