bicker
verb (used without object)
to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle.
were bickering
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past progressiveof bicker.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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Thomas had admitted that he and Ms Thomas were "bickering" whilst out, but said that was "nothing unusual. We never had a screaming match".
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025
The owner of Florence, Ky.-based Smokin This and That BBQ had noticed patrons were bickering over the beverage — a longtime customer favorite.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2023
I thought we were bickering more than others; we weren’t.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
In 1846, as the United States and Mexico were bickering over the messy issue of where Texas’s southern border lay, Polk purposely raised anxieties and ruffled feathers through his envoy in Mexico.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
They were bickering about something, which made it easier to pretend that everything was normal.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
