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
You and I have quarrelled more than once about that woman, Paula Tueski.
From By Right of Sword by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)
There can be no doubt, Jay aside, that they would have quarrelled with each other as rancorously as they did with Franklin but for the cohesion created by their common jealousy of him.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
