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

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

Air bags have been mandated safety equipment in new cars since the 1990s, following decades of squabbling over their need between carmakers and regulators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Hundreds of Brussels residents took to the streets Monday to protest as the failure of squabbling politicians to form a regional city government topped a previous 541-day Belgian record.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

My childhood was an endless blur of narrow streets of dirt and cobblestone, my squabbling baby sisters, and the rural silence.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros