How to Use bicker in a Sentence

bicker

1 of 2 noun

• And that’s just one of a litany of things on and off the field that the two bicker over.
  — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
• 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
• In a lengthy scene in the desert, the camera pans to each character, isolating them or putting them in pairings to argue, bicker, and reveal themselves.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
• As the two team up and prepare to hit the stage — with a cake now decorated with Lili's name — Gary and JoAnne bicker in the audience.
  — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
• The buddy cops’ zesty chemistry goes out on a high as Detective Campbell and Lieutenant Cole bicker next to ambulance at the film’s end.
  — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 June 2026
• Of course, some of those party guests already know each other, like Morgan, Sasha, and Esther, and the latter two bicker beforehand about how to best approach the Morgan-sized elephant in the room.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
• The hilarious sketch saw Thompson, Morgan, Fred Armisen, Michaela Watkins, and Kristen Wiig bicker at the Hot Topics table over a collection of political headlines, with Morgan's Shepherd visibly confused by what the words 'Eeyore' and 'research' meant.
  — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025

bicker

2 of 2 verb

• They bickered about how to decorate the room.
• She is always bickering with her mother.
• As siblings are wont to do, the sisters could bicker at times.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2023
• The choice not to pick a team has left fans bickering with each other.
  — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
• Wolves bicker and snarl at first, then eat peacefully side by side.
  — Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020
• Those are his in-laws who turn on the game and then lovingly bicker.
  — Cathie Beck, Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2025
• Life’s too short to argue and bicker over who killed who, after all.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• King bickered with fans on social media.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
• Randall and Kevin have been bickering for the past year or two.
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 19 Nov. 2019
• And those are just the examples of the back-and-forth bickering this spring.
  — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 13 June 2019
• Another time, he was stuck in the back seat while a driver bickered with her boyfriend.
  — Preetika Rana, WSJ, 5 June 2023
• While things have calmed over the years, the siblings still bicker and often disagree.
  — Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
• The pair have famously bickered over the past 20 years.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
• The crew members bicker among themselves.
  — Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
• The high drama of housewives bickering about who said what over a bottle of wine.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2019
• Fans rated their favorite moments from the show and bickered over the correct way home.
  — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 2 June 2023
• Those two pallid politicians sat on either side of him and bickered while Jesse sat silent.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024
• In some states, lawmakers are still bickering over how money should be spent.
  — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 8 Apr. 2026
• Ho Jin's mom and self proclaimed dad bicker over his grandfather's books.
  — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• Williams, the mother who has two teens on the city's west side, said the dueling sides need to stop bickering.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 22 Oct. 2019
• Towhees get up early to start bickering with one another and running around in the street.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2019
• This is not the time for the people who are running with each other to bicker with each other or complain.
  — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2020
• The husband and wife were at each other from the beginning, bickering back and forth.
  — Candace Taylor, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2019
• Pointing to elk heads mounted on the wall, the two jokingly bickered over who had bowhunted which.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
• The pair also bicker a bit as Aniston pauses mid-styling session to tame her own ‘do.
  — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
• This wasn’t a night when attendees bickered about standing or sitting during the show.
  — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 17 Nov. 2019
• For years, Antonio and Gladys Lozano would bicker over who would go first.
  — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
• While home from school, the two would bicker and physically fight in the backseat of Charles' car.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2023
• For those of us interested in governing and not bickering, this is a good thing.
  — Gail Slater, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
• Listening to the two of them bicker and discuss the universe, science, and fate just made my heart happy.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 3 June 2019