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How to use bickering in a sentence

23 example sentences · adjective, noun

Bickering means that bickers; argumentative. Example: “The war efforts were undermined by the constant bickering between the allies.”

Examples of bickering by meaning

nounPetty quarreling.

  • By this time the two companies were beginning to realise that the continual bickering was not doing either of them much good, and the L.Y.R. (like many others) was becoming tired of the dominance of Euston.1957 October, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 726
  • After Evra was also shown a yellow card following a prolonged bout of bickering which also involved Suarez, Ferguson decided on a double change by replacing Park Ji-sung and Ashley Young with Nani and Rooney.2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport
  • Ukrainian intelligence said on Friday that Prigozhin’s public bickering with the army leadership confirmed “their fear of responsibility for the inevitable geopolitical defeat of Moscow”.2023 May 12, Pjotr Sauer, “Russian troops fall back to ‘defensive positions’ near Bakhmut”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

More sentences with bickering

  • The war efforts were undermined by the constant bickering between the allies.From the entry undermine
  • Once the hosts started bickering in the kitchens, the guests began to migrate towards the living room.From the entry migrate
  • Her persistent nagging and constant bickering with me nearly drove me up the wall.From the entry drive someone up the wall
  • After two weeks of bickering, they finally resolved their differences.From the entry resolve
  • The disappointment with our trip to California caused bickering.From the entry disappointment
  • The debate turned into thoughtless bickering.From the entry thoughtless
  • No wonder, then, that the disc gods spend more time in bickering than in omnicognizance.1983, Terry Pratchett, “The Sending of Eight”, in The Colour of Magic (Discworld; 1), New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry omnicognizance
  • Yesterday's offence is unforgivable, but can you forgive me for the day-to-day bickering in the past?” “Would you even care?2021, SB Akshobhya, The Panipuri Crimes, Sristhi Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN. From the entry salty
  • It presents a common face, but it's a mass of bickering territorialism and local laws behind the scenes.2011 July 25, SteveD, “I may be crazy”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet), retrieved 28 Apr 2022. From the entry Eagleland
  • Showalter play the bickering stars of a sketch comedy program who never miss an opportunity to undermine each other.2009 July 11, Dave Itzkoff, “Friends Who Wish Each Other the Worst”, in New York Times. From the entry metaconceptual
  • Hsü Pao-ch'ien was dismayed by the bickering and lack of commitment of the Christian students working with rural reconstruction in Li-ch'uan.1976, Philip West, Yenching University and Sino-Western Relations, 1916-1952, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, →ISBN…. From the entry Li-ch'uan
  • Suddenly I forgot the bickerings of my uncle and brother and was overcome with tenderness and grief for my father.1924, H. G. Wells, The Dream, Part One, Chapter 4, §1. From the entry kindliness
  • Anything, she thought, was better than bickering or the strange silence which drove home to her the distance between them.1919 October 20, Virginia Woolf, chapter XXII, in Night and Day, London: Duckworth and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry drive home
  • “Here,” said Wigmore, “no bickering tonight, and no politics either.1912, The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, volume 36, page 296. From the entry off the chain
  • The cabinet became a center of petty bickering and continuous cabalizing, and Congress split into irreconcilable factions and repeated asserted its will against the president.2017, M. Andrew Holowchak, Jefferson’s Political Philosophy and the Metaphysics of Utopia, page 171. From the entry cabalize
  • She changes her outfit and hair at least four times in each episode and spends a lot of time bickering with her new boss.2008 June 7, Rosalie Higson, “Light touches add amusement to crime”, in The Australian. From the entry ust
  • After all that bickering over Eddie Kissena, Charity goes into the ladies room and finds Denise Slater on her knees, giving him a hummer.2004, N.H. Avenue, For Pete's Sake. From the entry hummer
  • After two hours of nonproductive bickering the hearing ended soon after Harry conceded "Maybe I'm too old to be on this board."1977 February 12, David Brill, “Conservative Chelsea in an Uproar Over New Bar”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 33, page 3. From the entry nonproductive
  • Like an empress, I feel great content surrounded by the familiar sounds of laughter, bickering, rattling plates, clicking chopsticks, smacking lips, and noisy sipping of the longevity brew.2008, Mingmei Yip, Peach Blossom Pavilion. From the entry content
  • The beginnings of organized war, first as a bickering between villages, and then as a more disciplined struggle between the priest-king and god of one city and those of another.1920, H.G. Wells, Outl. Hist., iii. xix. 124/2. From the entry priest-king

Meaning of bickering

  1. adjective That bickers; argumentative.
  2. noun Petty quarreling.

Full definition of bickering

Questions about bickering in a sentence

How do you use bickering in a sentence?
Bickering is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The war efforts were undermined by the constant bickering between the allies.”
What is a short sentence with bickering?
“The debate turned into thoughtless bickering.”
What does bickering mean?
Bickering means that bickers; argumentative.

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