Examples of tiff in a Sentence
Noun
got into a little tiff about what color sheets to buy for their bed
Verb
like any couple, they occasionally tiff, but it's never anything serious
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Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Still, analysts say the deal will merely reset trade volumes to pre-tariff levels and warn that U.S. producers should seek new markets to insulate against future trade tiffs.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
The Kardashian-Jenner sisters were at it again on season 19, when the family took a quick trip to Palm Springs, Calif.. After having a tiff over an outfit, Kendall and Kylie really got into it on the drive home to L.A.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Returning home from some opening or other one evening, Marta (Rohrwacher) and her partner Antonio (Elio Germano) get into an apparently familiar argument — more of a tiff really — that for some reason this time escalates towards a different end, with Antonio moving out.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
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Noun
When his father became king in 2015, Prince Mohammed was portrayed as impulsive — launching a war in Yemen, dragging the country into tiffs with Canada and Germany, and famously cracking down on fellow princes and billionaires.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
Still, analysts say the deal will merely reset trade volumes to pre-tariff levels and warn that U.S. producers should seek new markets to insulate against future trade tiffs.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
The Kardashian-Jenner sisters were at it again on season 19, when the family took a quick trip to Palm Springs, Calif.. After having a tiff over an outfit, Kendall and Kylie really got into it on the drive home to L.A.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Returning home from some opening or other one evening, Marta (Rohrwacher) and her partner Antonio (Elio Germano) get into an apparently familiar argument — more of a tiff really — that for some reason this time escalates towards a different end, with Antonio moving out.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Tiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiff. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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