haggle
verb (used without object)
to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner.
were haggling
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past progressiveof haggle.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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“I could walk to the Amazon Spheres and Gates Foundation from our house, but we were haggling with neighbors to get more rapid tests,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported last week that China planned for Xie Feng, a foreign vice-minister, to meet Sherman, but the two sides were haggling over protocol details.
From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2021
A feature in Rolling Stone by David Kushner followed and soon Hollywood types were haggling over the rights to capture this lightning-in-a-bottle moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
Switching rates had changed little, suggesting that customers were being offered a more competitive deal from their original insurer or were haggling on price.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2017
He knew too well how low that parliament had fallen--how mean-spirited were those who were haggling over the price of their birthright.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
