squabbling

Example Sentences

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One cannot avoid squabbling, she wrote, because it constitutes “the natural state of people pitted against each other, helplessly furious people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Cue a montage of the two of them squabbling that, alas, sets the tone for this movie, which drones much more often than it soars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

At times, the supreme leader has presented himself as almost above politics - looking down on the squabbling between Iran's reformists and conservatives.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

When the next streetcar rolls in, the upper deck fills with a gaggle of schoolgirls, squabbling over who gets the window seat closest to the sea breeze.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

We had grown up together and shared all the closeness of two sisters squabbling over crayons and dolls.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan