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
By the time he came to construct a Machine Messiah according to the directions of Benjamin Franklin and the Association of Electricizers, the children were quarreling and no one in the Temple was working.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were quarreling in the backyard—that is, the man was quarreling.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
