quarrel
noun
an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
are quarrelling
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present progressiveof quarrel.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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The news of the day is, that they are quarrelling about having Lord Loughborough of the Cabinet.
From Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
She thinks you and I are quarrelling, Rosie.
From Janet's Love and Service by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
While the black buzzards are quarrelling over the carcase, not far off there is another carcase stretched upon the sward, also of a bear.
From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Mayne Reid
The philologists are quarrelling about their ‘equations,’ and about the application of their phonetic laws to mythical proper names.
From Modern Mythology by Andrew Lang
“If they are quarrelling among themselves, they are less likely to combine to play us any tricks.”
From True Blue by William Henry Giles Kingston
