How to Use bicker in a Sentence

bicker

verb
  • They bickered about how to decorate the room.
  • She is always bickering with her mother.
  • And those are just the examples of the back-and-forth bickering this spring.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 13 June 2019
  • As siblings are wont to do, the sisters could bicker at times.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2023
  • Randall and Kevin have been bickering for the past year or two.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Hobbs and Shaw bicker at each other throughout the movie.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The two co-stars began to bicker, with Mikkelsen choosing the hat as well and Waller-Bridge deciding on the whip.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 26 June 2023
  • Life’s too short to argue and bicker over who killed who, after all.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • While home from school, the two would bicker and physically fight in the backseat of Charles' car.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Williams, the mother who has two teens on the city's west side, said the dueling sides need to stop bickering.
    — Holly Yan, CNN, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Another time, he was stuck in the back seat while a driver bickered with her boyfriend.
    — Preetika Rana, WSJ, 5 June 2023
  • For years, Antonio and Gladys Lozano would bicker over who would go first.
    — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
  • Wolves bicker and snarl at first, then eat peacefully side by side.
    — Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020
  • When is the last time a quarterback as good as Dak Prescott has had to bicker with a franchise to get his money?
    — Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2021
  • No one wants to constantly bicker with their spouse though.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • Fans rated their favorite moments from the show and bickered over the correct way home.
    — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 2 June 2023
  • The high drama of housewives bickering about who said what over a bottle of wine.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Two women bicker and joke about a new creation: A bucket-sized slouchy cap.
    — Lily Jackson | [email protected], al, 26 July 2019
  • The brothers, who bicker a lot, wind up getting close to those who knew the dead man, and the twists start coming fast and, at times, absurdly.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • On Saturday, some prayed and some bickered as tempers flared in the warm humid night, a strong smell of sweat hanging in the air.
    — Hala Gorani, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Those two pallid politicians sat on either side of him and bickered while Jesse sat silent.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The husband and wife were at each other from the beginning, bickering back and forth.
    — Candace Taylor, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2019
  • This is not the time for the people who are running with each other to bicker with each other or complain.
    — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2020
  • King Tut is the most famous of Egypt's Pharaohs, and experts have spent decades bickering over the cause of his untimely death.
    — Fox News, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Listening to the two of them bicker and discuss the universe, science, and fate just made my heart happy.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 3 June 2019
  • Russia and Ukraine have bickered for years over the transit fees, and on two occasions Russia turned off the gas in the middle of the winter.
    — Olga Tanas, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Pick up Route 66 in downtown Chicago and drive until the kids start bickering.
    — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Towhees get up early to start bickering with one another and running around in the street.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Again, in between the firefights, there is also a lot of immersive world-building and bickering with a robot who has a heart of gold.
    — Adrienne So, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2024
  • King bickered with fans on social media.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026

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