quarrel
noun
an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
was quarrelling
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past progressiveof quarrel.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"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
By this time, Krens was quarrelling with members of the Guggenheim’s board over his ambitions for the new museum.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 11, 2016
When I was not coquetting with him I was quarrelling.
From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Piffard, Harold
When Harry came down in his natural clothes, his best and one remaining suit, and shouted for his supper she was quarrelling with the potman and searching the shelves: "Meg, you villain—Meg, where's my steak?"
From The Highwayman by Bailey, H. C. (Henry Christopher)
Their only employment was quarrelling among each other, playing at cribbage, and cutting tobacco-stoppers.
From Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series by Black, William
