squabbled

In personal disagreements, for instance -- they never "squabbled" -- the final insult was to say, "My dear, you're as silly as a something-or - other Radical Govunment," for there was no answer to this anywhere in the world.

The Extra Day Algernon Blackwood 1910

The historian Fritz Stern recalls that as a boy shortly after Hitler became chancellor in 1933, he squabbled with his sister and uttered an anti-Semitic insult.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

For centuries, scholars have squabbled over the design of the ship, which was crucial to defeating the Persians in the Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C., part of a wider war that included the fight at Thermopylae dramatized in the film "300."

Epic Struggle: Fans Fight to Revive an Oar-Powered Greek Warship Sophia Hollander 2011

Politicians in Baghdad have squabbled for years over the drafting of an oil-and-gas law that stipulates how different regions and ethnic factions will share the revenue.

Oil Sector Sets Sights High, Adds More Muscle Hassan Hafidh 2011

Their respective tastes in home décor were quite similar, so they seldom squabbled over what to buy.

Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011

And I thought it out in camp, silent, morose, while the children squabbled about me unnoticed, and while Arunga, my mate-woman, vainly scolded me and urged me to go hunting for more meat for the many of us.

Chapter 21 2010

They squabbled amongst themselves over the dew-surfaces, and only the night before one of them was knifed because he so stole.

CHAPTER X 2010

Jurors squabbled over bathroom breaks and created nicknames for players in the Galleon trial, but never wavered from their belief that Raj Rajaratnam was guilty of insider trading.

What's News— 2011

At their feet their naked progeny played and squabbled, or rolled in the muck with the tawny wolf-dogs.

THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS 2010

Their respective tastes in home décor were quite similar, so they seldom squabbled over what to buy.

Who Said It Would Be Easy Cheryl Faye 2011