bicker
verb (used without object)
to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle.
had bickered
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past perfectof bicker.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The pair had bickered over failed collaborations, lyrical potshots and Kardashian familial drama for a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
Baez, who had bickered with Garrett on the field in May, was fined for taunting.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
Belafonte had bickered with RCA over the cover.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 22, 2017
The Gallagher brothers had bickered before, and besides, how could Liam get by without Noel’s smarts, or Noel without Liam’s sneer?
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2015
This was the first weekend after they’d moved into the house; by then the mantel had already filled up considerably, and they had bickered about it in the car on the way down.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
