squabble
verb (used without object)
to engage in a petty quarrel.
was squabbling
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past progressiveof squabble.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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But already he was scribbling skits for Fun, curtain-raisers, burlesques; and very shortly he was squabbling with insubordinate actresses, and spiting their conceits by planning non-star librettos.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Father was squabbling in the kitchen one night with a stranger," she remembers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dom Pedro Henrique, the Pretender himself, boycotted the show: he was squabbling with the family over money matters.
From Time Magazine Archive
