How to use quarrel in a sentence

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• I could hear them quarreling upstairs, but didn’t really listen to their argument.From the entry hear
• She felt miserable unless she had neighbors with whom to quarrel regularly.From the entry whom
• I'm not quarreling with your figures; I'm just not sure they support your conclusion.From the entry quarrel with
• The invited guest was caught up in a family quarrel.From the entry caught up
• "Do you remember Calkin's story about the quarrel he overheard—and underlooked?"2016, H. F. Heard, The Great Fog: And Other Weird Tales. From the entry underlook
• A quarrel over these transcendentals even shook the later Middle Ages.2012, Jean Grondin, “Metaphysics and Theology in the Middle Ages”, in Lukas Soderstrom, transl., Introduction to Metaphysics: From…. From the entry transcendental
• As Cambridge historian Mervyn James commented, "silly quarrels escalated into battles in the streets."2009 Winter, John M. Kang, “Manliness and the Constitution”, in Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, volume 32, number 1, page 261. From the entry comment
• Such a quarrel would undermine the community of Anglo-Saxonry that he supported so strenuously.2007, Anthony Brundage, Richard A. Cosgrove, The Great Tradition. From the entry Anglo-Saxonry
• The chowpal (courtyard) was full of talks about individuals, quarrels, and questions of caste behaviours.2002, Politics and Culture: Essays in Honour of Serajul Islam Choudhury, page 347. From the entry chowpal
• Intellectuals on the mainland still doubt and quarrel whether democracy can be carried out in Chinese society.1996 May, Lee Teng-hui, “Political Reforms”, in Peace Through Democratic Reforms, Taipei: Wen Ying Tang Press Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, pages…. From the entry Confucian
• Juguet re- emphasizes "that the quarrel between "terminalists" and "lateralists" is a futile one"1992, B. M. Johri, Kunda B. Ambegaokar, Prem S. Srivastava, Comparative embryology of angiosperms - Volume 1, page 81. From the entry lateralist
• The Chinese have intensified their ideological quarrel with Khrushchev to the point of an almost irreparable break.1963 July 12, Life, page 4. From the entry splittism
• Instead they quarreled for the privilege of showing him how to hold the pewee stick.1932, John Steinbeck, Junius Maltby. From the entry pewee
• I have no quarrel with any one who takes this view.1927, Joseph Brennemann, “Simple congenital anorectal stricture with megacolon in early infancy: report of six cases”, in Transactions of…. From the entry proctoscope
• She yapped and yarred and ran in foolish circles, as though quarrelling with her own tail.1921, Chamber's Journal. From the entry yarr
• The Chink was not backward to defend himself, and a very lively quarrel ensued.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 51”, in The Moon and Sixpence. From the entry backward
• We were seen quarrelling this afternoon in a saloon over on the Bowery.1919, Frank L. Packard, chapter 3, in The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale. From the entry bowery
• I noticed a quarrel between an old brokenhanded baboon and a young dude with fine fur.1917, Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, World Outlook - Volume 3, page 24. From the entry brokenhanded
• Until that quarrel, the exceeding noxiousness of the Papal doctrine had not clearly presented itself to Mr.1916, E. Arnold Bennett, The Lion's Share. From the entry noxiousness
• An unfortunate quarrel between our pepperpots marked the outset of our new stage.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry pepper pot
• Two days were thus wasted in the quarrel between the consuls.1905, Livy, translated by Canon Roberts, From the Founding of the City, Book 38. From the entry move
• I can spend my Sundays better than in tormenting cats and quarrelling and fighting.”1901, Louis Couperus, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, Small Souls. From the entry better
• "That means that we shan't quarrel if I agree to whatever you are going to propose.1900, Pauline Hopkins, Contending forces : a romance illustrative of negro life north and south. From the entry unmanly
• It fired heavier quarrels or large balls of stone to break down enemy strongholds such as gates fortresses and castles.2016, Henry Pratap Phillips, The History and Chronology of Gunpowder and Gunpowder Weapons (c.1000 to 1850), Notion Press, →ISBN. From the entry espringal
• The quarrel stemmed from the question of whether the existence of these transcendentals was real or intellectual (also called nominal).2012, Jean Grondin, “Metaphysics and Theology in the Middle Ages”, in Lukas Soderstrom, transl., Introduction to Metaphysics: From…. From the entry transcendental
• Southerners do not outkill northerners in homicides carried out during robberies, they found, only in those sparked by quarrels.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 119. From the entry outkill
• They were supposed to dance out any ruptures or quarrels.2011, Marge Piercy, Dance the Eagle to Sleep: A Novel, PM Press. From the entry dance out
• Sammy had never forgotten how Johnny had once handled a punk who had tried to pick a quarrel.2000, James Hadley Chase, Knock, Knock! Who's There?, page 4. From the entry tough as teak
• Much of his subsequent work related to processes for resolving what he once called "undeadly quarrels" in the international arena.1993, William Kaplan, Donald Malcolm McRae, Maxwell Cohen, Law, Policy and International Justice. From the entry undeadly
• But I ain't got no quarrel witcha.1992, Ethel Footman Smothers, “Let Bygones Be Bygones”, in Down in the Piney Woods (A Borzoi Book), New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham]…. From the entry let bygones be bygones
• “I know you are the best knight in the world, but be careful ’ow you fight in a wrong quarrel.1958, T. H. White, The Once and Future King, New York: Putnam, Part 3, Chapter 43, p. 535. From the entry strike a stroke
• Quarrel chuckled when he saw the flat bumps on his back that would soon start to itch maddeningly.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 185. From the entry maddeningly
• Quarrel jerked his head towards the window.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 186. From the entry nighttimes
• “We’ll not quarrel, your champion antiquitist and me.1912, The Narrow Escape of Lady Hardwell, page 97. From the entry antiquitist

Meaning of quarrel

1. noun A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
2. noun Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
3. noun A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.

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Questions about quarrel in a sentence

How do you use quarrel in a sentence?

Quarrel is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We got into a silly quarrel about what food to order.”

What is a short sentence with quarrel?

“to quarrel with one’s lot”

What does quarrel mean?

Quarrel means a dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).