quarrel
noun
an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
have quarrelled
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present perfectof quarrel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In many of these cases, passengers have quarrelled with their flight attendants over mask use.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2021
Mrs Merkel's Christian Democrats and junior coalition partners the Social Democrats have quarrelled for weeks over the issue.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2015
“A group of men who have quarrelled with the law cannot be expected to set up a government patterned after the one they antagonized.”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
This is what must be done, but I don't see how to do it; no new idea comes to me; I and my MS. have quarrelled, and don't speak to each other.
From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous
"Here we are cooped up together with just ourselves to rely upon to pull through these bad years, and we have quarrelled again."
From The Truants by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
