quarrel
noun
an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
had been quarreling
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past perfect progressiveof quarrel.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The couple had been quarreling bitterly over money; only days before, Davis had been ordered to increase support payments to Priscilla to $5,000 a month.
From Time Magazine Archive
These were the very men who so lately had been quarreling with each other.
From Time Magazine Archive
You remember that Denver bartender said they had been quarreling a good deal.
From Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West by Raine, William MacLeod
They had been quarreling bitterly among themselves all the morning, and strangely enough this quarrel was all about which of them should marry Ghip-Ghisizzle.
From Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
She looked as if she had been quarreling with somebody.
From Girls of the Forest by Meade, L. T.
