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

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

The unique and historic nature of their candidacy was captured last week when the two Hispanic candidates were bickering onstage at a Republican debate in South Carolina over who spoke Spanish better.

From MSNBC • Feb. 22, 2016

They were bickering about something, which made it easier to pretend that everything was normal.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor