quarrelling
- present participle of quarrel.
Example Sentences
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According to the police, "there was a tense atmosphere and some quarrelling".
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
Michelle Pfeiffer is the matriarch of a quarrelling American family who come back together for the holidays - including fellow Oscar nominee Felicity Jones, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jason Schwartzman and dad Denis Leary.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
The quarrelling neighbors haven’t met in a test series in 16 years and one-day international and Twenty20 series in 10 years.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
"He wanted to vent. We learned from his mother that on the day of the incident he was quarrelling with his wife," local police chief Chakkraphat Wichitvaidya told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Oct. 7, 2022
Almost certainly they were quarrelling about Frodo, and the spoil.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
