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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

"Here is the station," said Beatrice, "and Betty is quarrelling with the flyman."

From Beatrice by Haggard, Henry Rider

Then there is quarrelling and ill-will among them.

From People of Africa by How, Edith A.

But the very worst offense in an elephant herd is quarrelling and fighting; for, sometimes, two elephants do quarrel and fight, just like a couple of naughty boys in school.

From The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two by Ghosh, Sarath Kumar

“I can't make out Beatrix,” he said; “she cares for none of us—she only thinks about herself; she is never happy unless she is quarrelling; but as for my mother—my mother, Harry, is an angel.”

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George