Example Sentences

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Instead of bold action, English said, European leaders have quarreled over internal divisions and rivalries.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Mr. Cuomo and Mr. de Blasio have quarreled over nearly everything, like the fate of a lost deer in Harlem and the homeless.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2017

Beach volleyball athletes have quarreled with USA Volleyball, arguing that the national governing body’s efforts were skewed toward the indoor game.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2017

Optimists say that so far Libya's new rulers have quarreled but not fought.

From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2011

“I have quarreled with my father and Laertes, who suspect our love and doubt your good intentions. They have been watching me. I feel like a deer beset by hounds!”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein