squabble
verb (used without object)
to engage in a petty quarrel.
are squabbling
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present progressiveof squabble.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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"He's looking after us while me and Jude are squabbling with each other," Rogers said.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
“We are squabbling and, rather, joking with my wife,” he told reporters, complaining that the incident was being overblown into “a sort of geo-planetary catastrophe.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2025
In particular, when people in the house are squabbling, it bothers him, she said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
“Today we ask for your support in ending a lobbying campaign that threatens to make Starlink unusable” Currently, SpaceX and Dish are squabbling over a range of radio frequencies known as the 12GHz band.
From The Verge ● Jun. 28, 2022
It is pleasant to meet with a little gratitude to Darwin among the epigoni who are squabbling over the heritage he conquered for them, but Mr. Cunningham's personal expression of that feeling is hasty.
From Evolution and Ethics by Thomas Henry Huxley
