bicker
verb (used without object)
to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle.
are bickering
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present progressiveof bicker.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Opening on an already wild scene where the family members are bickering at the hospital deathbed of Linda’s mother, the events of “Big Mistakes” escalate quickly and considerably.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
Three decades on, Eddie Jones and Michael Cheika are bickering coaches with an often-gnarly relationship that could reach a crescendo this weekend.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2019
And yet at times pop culture coverage seems to slump it into an adjacent category to Bravo’s “Real Housewives” series, as if its panelists are bickering as opposed to debating.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2019
In a separate video, “Westworld” characters Dolores Abernathy and Bernard Lowe, played by Evan Rachel Wood and Jeffrey Wright respectively, are bickering over the relationship between humans and hosts.
From Fox News ● Apr. 18, 2019
Jude and Mom are bickering on the other side of the wall.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
