quarreling

variants or quarrelling
present participle of quarrel

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of quarreling Will the two be allowed to wed, or will Ellen’s brothers, quarrelling over their father’s chair, bargain her off to other suitors to improve their chances? Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarreling
Verb
  • Jennifer Aniston’s Alex Levy, Reese Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson, and the other members of The Morning Show’s newsroom and its network are once again bickering and backstabbing.
    Emma Alpern, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Coaches are also bickering about money, a topic that would have felt out of place 10 years ago.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For decades, DeLodder said, hospitals have quelled the establishment of freestanding birthing centers by arguing against their necessity.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The budget director wrote the project’s chapter on the Executive Office of the President, arguing that the bureaucracy is riddled with inefficiencies and corruption.
    Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But instead of fighting my body and losing, now my body and I fight together against our enemy, anxiety.
    Jack Korngold, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Meghan and Harry might be fighting constantly over her Netflix show With Love, Meghan.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The goal is to alarm you into calling a scammer's fake support number under the pretense of disputing a fraudulent PayPal transaction.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Tylenol manufacturer Kenvue issued a statement Sunday strongly disputing any link between autism and acetaminophen use during pregnancy.
    Joseph Choi, The Hill, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Quarreling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarreling. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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