quarrel
noun
an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
is quarrelling
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present progressiveof quarrel (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The Walesa figure is necessary nowadays in the reality of contemporary Poland where everyone is quarrelling with each other.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2011
And we'd defend Algiers and each other to any outsider, though our greatest pleasure is quarrelling among ourselves, or patching up one another's rows and beginning again on our own account.
From The Golden Silence by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
Or, perhaps, there is quarrelling; and all our eyes and ears are on the scufflers.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
She tells me that Chiltern is quarrelling with the Pallisers.
From Phineas Redux by Trollope, Anthony
"First, that Peiffer is working south; and, secondly, that he is quarrelling with his own officials."
From The Four Corners of the World by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
