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
“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
And none of what the mayor and council are squabbling about will make residents feel any safer standing at the bus stop, pumping gas at a filling station or going outside for an evening stroll.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2022
Through the left door we may perceive an array of green tables with gilt legs, at which gentlemen clad in satins of delicate hue are squabbling over the devil's books.
From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
