Example Sentences

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He also said that Syed Farook had quarreled with a Jewish coworker.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2015

He could tell you what your great-grandparents had quarreled about in any given election year.

From Washington Times • Oct. 28, 2015

As children, my brother and I had quarreled over who would haul in the mail each December day.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2014

She had quarreled with her husband about his compulsion to head back up north to report on a story that the government wants kept quiet.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2014

Half the women were younger than she, half were older; they had shared no experience that she could recall, except one female with whom she had quarreled steadily all through grammar school.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee