quarrel
noun
an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
were quarreling
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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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But he and Anschutz were quarreling; Anschutz worried that revenue projections weren’t enough to repay the project’s $1.8 billion cost.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2017
But I found myself arguing as heatedly with this disconnected production as the characters were quarreling with one another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2016
By Mr. Bush’s second term, the two were quarreling over Russian democracy, reaching a peak during a testy meeting in Slovakia in 2005.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2014
Ditch At Simpson, Ill., Henry Newton and Raymond West, farmers, were quarreling over a ditch one had dug which diverted water from the other's farmstead, one afternoon last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
We weren’t fighting, but we were quarreling, and doing it attorney-style.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
