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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
quarrel .
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Examples
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They had quarreled, that is to say she had _tried_ to thwart him in a trifling thing.
The Mark of the Beast Sidney Watson
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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
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The office had been vacant for over two years while the factions within the Church quarreled among themselves.
Stromata Blog: 2009
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Along the way, Dudayev quarreled with almost all his former supporters.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Along the way, Dudayev quarreled with almost all his former supporters.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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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
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He quarreled with the veterans of the team during the America´s Cup and caused the lost to Brasil
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The prevailing English translation of Herodotus reads that the brothers quarreled “in spite of the fact that they were brothers.”
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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In 2008, the DOE and the UFT quarreled over teachers' ability to wear buttons favoring political candidates.
Email Upsets Teachers Union Barbara Martinez 2011
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But Kent and Sandy had quarreled over money and Brother Curtis.
The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011
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