quarrel
noun
an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
had been quarrelling
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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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A little boy had been quarrelling with his sister named Muriel just before going to bed.
From Children's Ways by James Sully
One evening after they had been quarrelling more violently than usual I found her crying.
From The Teeth of the Tiger by Maurice Leblanc
Why, do you know," said Mason, "it looks as if you had been quarrelling.
From One Day's Courtship by Robert Barr
Mr. Flexen thought that he might not have to go very far afield to find the woman who had been quarrelling with Lord Loudwater at a few minutes past eleven the night before.
From The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Jepson
I feel as though we had been quarrelling.
From Don Orsino by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
