shouting match

Example Sentences

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A vote over whether to work during lunch devolved into a shouting match.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

And I was in the Capitol a couple days ago when a shouting match broke out.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2025

Surprisingly, the sketch didn’t feature an actual shouting match between Rubio and Musk, and the Myers impression of Elon already feels like it’s overstaying its welcome in only its second appearance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025

Hussain and Rosenberg forged a friendship through a dialogue that began as a social media shouting match between opposing viewpoints, which Stewart opined made them better and more accessible experts than he.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2024

Sarah Gorelick, one of the women being tested, overheard Cochran and Lovelace in a shouting match over Cochran doing the tests.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson