Examples of bicker in a Sentence
Noun
after a prolonged bicker, they finally managed to find a movie that both of them were interested in seeing
Verb
She is always bickering with her mother.
They bickered about how to decorate the room.
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Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 2 Apr. 2026
Yet the agency tasked with keeping Americans safe — one of the few responsibilities just about everyone agrees is appropriate for government — remains unfunded as Congress bickers over immigration politics.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2026
Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2026
SpaceX and the Pentagon have been bickering about the price of using Starshield satellite service during the Iran war, according to a Reuters report published today.
—ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
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Noun
In our old travel life, a closed highway might have triggered a stressful bicker-fest over a paper map.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 2 Apr. 2026
Yet the agency tasked with keeping Americans safe — one of the few responsibilities just about everyone agrees is appropriate for government — remains unfunded as Congress bickers over immigration politics.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
While the concrete cured, the starting eight matches of the first-ever World Cup were relocated to Pocitos and Gran Parque Central, the home grounds of capital rivals Peñarol and Nacional, who'd been bickering since their first meeting in July 1900.
—Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2026
SpaceX and the Pentagon have been bickering about the price of using Starshield satellite service during the Iran war, according to a Reuters report published today.
—ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
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“Bicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bicker. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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