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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of quarrel.

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Examples

  • They had quarreled, that is to say she had _tried_ to thwart him in a trifling thing.

    The Mark of the Beast Sidney Watson

  • Then they danced, betted, gamed, swore, quarreled, fought, and did everything that the most modern accomplished gentlemen are not ashamed of.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • The office had been vacant for over two years while the factions within the Church quarreled among themselves.

    Stromata Blog: 2009

  • Along the way, Dudayev quarreled with almost all his former supporters.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Along the way, Dudayev quarreled with almost all his former supporters.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • The first place finisher (12,100 votes) was Mike Quigley, a Cook County commissioner best known for having quarreled with the Stroger dynasty, second only to the Daleys as fons et origo of Chicagoland corruption.

    Stromata Blog: 2009

  • He quarreled with the veterans of the team during the America´s Cup and caused the lost to Brasil

    The Volokh Conspiracy » True Genius: 2010

  • The prevailing English translation of Herodotus reads that the brothers quarreled “in spite of the fact that they were brothers.”

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • In 2008, the DOE and the UFT quarreled over teachers' ability to wear buttons favoring political candidates.

    Email Upsets Teachers Union Barbara Martinez 2011

  • But Kent and Sandy had quarreled over money and Brother Curtis.

    The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011

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