bicker
verb (used without object)
to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle.
bickers
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present tense formof bicker (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The Palace of Westminster sits in a state of dangerous decay, with chunks of masonry tumbling off its walls, as Parliament bickers over a renovation that could take decades and cost more than $20 billion.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
Hence his decision to insinuate himself into “Riccardino” as “Author,” who periodically bickers with his own creation, Montalbano, about where the story is going and how the case should be solved.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021
Then there are the never-ending bar bickers over who was better — say, the late Henry Aaron or Willie Mays?
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2021
For decades, he bickers with his neighbor in the court of law and pushes his wife and farmhands to work nonstop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2019
Grass cools the earth, but it also bickers with me over water.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
