How To Use Squab In A Sentence

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
He might have caused a storm in a teacup in the corridors of the Westminster press lobby as journalists squabbled over who had the story, whether it was attributable and who had told The Sun anyway.
Served rare, the meat of squab is a heady delicacy, both earthy and elegant.
Squabbling between the Republic of Quebec and the rest of Canada over cultural diversity inequities. CORMORANT
It's amazing how one strong and loving personality can keep all the petty squabbles in check.

Imagine children having tea, inevitably squabbling over the buns, teacakes, muffins and - this being a British expression - crumpets.
The intramural squabbling and partisan agendas of the past thirty-five years have often inhibited the discerning engagement with the culture that is imperative for a community of disciples called to be salt and light.
The thing would probably degenerate into squabbling before long. dsp, Santa Rosa, CA Clinton challenges Obama to Lincoln-Douglas style debate
On his way to a house-sitting gig in Beverly Hills courtesy of his sister, played the equally ill-used Kaley Cuoco, Fred's car hits E.B. So they meet cute, then squabble continually for an hour before actually bonding. Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Hop
Before the convention, Republicans squabbled over the perennially hot-button abortion issue.
If there's anything more off-putting than the British elite's squabbling, it's its self-loathing.
The squabbles of government will always make for easy copy. Times, Sunday Times
It has descended into an unseemly squabble. Times, Sunday Times
On the House side, Speaker Nancy Pelosi insists a Democratic proposal that includes the public option will win approval from the full chamber, despite squabbling among House Democrats over the measure's cost. Conrad: Dems lack votes to pass health care reform on their own
They should look towards a bolder future, not dribbling their energy away on old squabbles. Times, Sunday Times
It saves squabbling if you specify who inherits each item or the proceeds of liquidation of that asset.
We all know that sort of transaction: the squabbling, and gobbling, and popping of champagne; the smell of musk and lobster-salad; the dowagers chumping away at plates of raised pie; the young lassies nibbling at little titbits, which the dexterous young gentlemen procure. Mrs. Perkins's Ball
Until recently it seemed that political squabbling could scupper any real change. Times, Sunday Times
The revolutionary intelligentsia seemed doomed to doctrinaire squabbles over increasingly irrelevant issues.
Before the convention, Republicans squabbled over the perennially hot-button abortion issue.
To engage in a petty, bad - tempered quarrel; squabble.
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
We have grown accustomed to the public squabbling between millionaire football club managers.
And so, while the Western races had squabbled and fought, and world-adventured against one another, China had calmly gone on working at her machines and growing. THE UNPARALLELED INVASION
Award-winning chef Eyck Zimmer serves up modern European cuisine, with delicious dishes such as roast squab or crayfish risotto.
That should be enough time to fan the flames of an all-out, old-fashioned quarterback squabble.
There have been minor squabbles about phone bills.
The family did get into the occasional squabble over the latest dance crazes.
It's fun to watch when the candidates start arguing between themselves, squabbling like petty children.
The drama centres on twin sisters, Dibs Hamilton and Girlie Delaney, and the ugly squabble over who gets to inherit Allandale, the family farm.
He distinguished himself by clotheslining the brawniest squab on the steamer as the fellow stepped over his sea bag. THE PREVIOUS ADVENTURES OF POPEYE THE SAILOR
But, this time, he was unable to reconcile internecine squabbles.
By pulling a handle to the right of the seat bench, the centre seat squab folds away and the outer two squabs move inboard.
This diet mimics the composition of crop milk in white Carneaux pigeons, Columbia livia, and the diet of older squabs.
Last night the former lovers were squabbling over the origin of William's middle name, Sanders.
Against a flat midnight-blue background the roistering figures tumble about, squabbling with each other or brandishing colourful fire-sticks.
There were endless squabbles over who should sit where.
Yet again, while trying to appeal to the world's most sophisticated market, the impression is of Scots doing what we do best - squabbling and brawling with each other while shocked onlookers avert their gaze.
The crickets ceased from their sing-song chant, the wildfowl from their squabbling, and the raven croak broke midmost and died away in gasping silence. THE MARRIAGE TO LIT-LIT
Not to mention the Illiad (an intermural squabble among the Olympian Gods), the Hundred Years War (is God a Catholic or a Protestant?), the Crusades, and every clash of civilizations from the Bronze Age to the Gunpowder Age. Rep. John Lewis Compares McCain To George Wallace
I know about previous squabbles and financial disasters that affected the club.
It can end 40 years of political squabbles. Times, Sunday Times
We were a normal family with squabbling but that was it. The Sun
And there were more family squabbles as he fell out publicly with his brothers, sisters and father.
The dispute spiralled as the neighbours squabbled over the boundary line running along their drive when Mr Johnson wanted to build a garage.
Besides, the invariable squabble for money on Saturday nights had begun to weary her unspeakably.
Thus, while Britain squabbled with the USA and attacked Denmark in 1807, the French turned their attention to Portugal, which was an important entrepôt.
Their conversations often erupted into minor squabbles.
It was a world-penance for a world to see, and paltry indeed it made appear that earlier penance, barefooted in the snow, of an emperor to a pope for daring to squabble over temporal power. Goliah
In the mid-1850s, Scott's squabbles with Secretary of War Jefferson Davis were legendary.
More widely known for its petty squabbles and back-biting, the women's game closed ranks in support of Morariu.
Even where secrecy was not ordered from above, the squabbling Soviet bureaucracy worked against the efficient collection and distribution of data.
Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time.
It has become a bitter squabble that almost certainly points to the end of their relationship. Times, Sunday Times
Squab are done when juices run clear when thigh is pierced with a fork.
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
We're always going to have intraparty little squabbles," Harkin said. Bipartisan Group Of Senators Pledges To Work On Revamping 'No Child Left Behind'
Along with the tears and squabbles comes an interesting insight into the male psyche.
The other two squabble over the smallest pile. Times, Sunday Times
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Squab can often be purchased with all but the leg and thigh bones and wing joint removed.
But if squabbling and short-term manoeuvring dominate, we could be sucked into a downward spiral of falling confidence and decline. News
We spend much of our time and money squabbling over small pieces of our world. The Sun
Squabbles over the garden fence can be unedifying, and the relationship between sporting neighbours is more prickly than most.
If you uncouple the gun issue from other liberal/conservative squabbles you will find that respect for our firearms bearing heritage is way broader than other issues. Gallup Poll Reveals Pro-Gun Trend
The inquiry and the subsequent report will give rise to yet another political squabble, and we have more than enough of those already. Times, Sunday Times
As the US took decisive action to boost its economy and stockmarkets last week by cutting interest rates further, European Union ministers squabbled among themselves - and may yet pay the price for such dithering.
Georgia continued its headright system until past 1800.27 Raucous squabbles, arising under state and federal pre-emption laws, and the law and practice of local land offices, were meat and bread to Western lawyers. A History of American Law
Yet he cannot even run his own department; while the captain of the ship squabbles with his crew below deck, the vessel is adrift and rudderless.
Polyamory prides itself on “multiple loves” but we fight and squabble over whether to “count” platonic affectional relationships; monogamy prides itself on fidelity and pretends that the only intimacy that matters is physical. S-e-x. « Love | Peace | Ohana
We ate squab and currents and drank good strong ale, and I laughed at the weight of it in my head.
There have been minor squabbles about phone bills.
Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time.
He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family - squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal.
For the types Blair now calls "wimmin", there were all-women shortlists and a minister for women; for magazine editors, Blair held flattering lunches; and for civilians, focus groups like the one at which Alastair Campbell, in a break from squabbling with his colleagues, found himself shocked by the all-girl superficiality. What woman could ever compete with Tony 'cojones' Blair?
Certainly the petty political squabbles could prove embarrassing if extensively reported on.
Too much togetherness can bring about squabbles and require a forgiving heart. Christianity Today
A latticed window of carved wood was set in one wall; there was a profusion of squabby pluffy cushions and fat carpets everywhere, and Lalun's silver Indian Tales
If you enjoy engaging in office politics or family squabbles, this is might be a much better alternative that does far less harm to others.
But towards the end, the film caves in to its inner musical anorak, and we are lost in seemingly interminable squabbles about arcane musical details. Times, Sunday Times
It has also been argued that Robert is just a cold fish and/or that his friends' marital squabbles have scared him off.
I could only hope the squabbling octet did not end up at the same resort.
The current squabble is nothing new, but it could herald far-reaching change: The U.K. government has pledged to extricate itself from the unedifying annual spectacle by removing the role of the secretary of state from determining the levy scheme, and there is a sense that this represents an opportunity to remodel the levy with a viable commercial mechanism. Jockeying Over Horseracing Funding
Who cares about the squabbles between billionaires and millionaires?
They certainly won't be squabbling about who the best punk bands are. The Sun
Last month, they were said to have squabbled after Venus crashed out in the first round of the French Open and fled back to Florida, leaving her sister without a doubles partner.
sectarian squabbles in psychology
They certainly won't be squabbling about who the best punk bands are. The Sun
Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time.
As far as we can tell, all the elimination decisions rest solely with the public for the remainder of X Factor, which leaves Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne with little more to do than squabble amongst themselves in unconvincingly stage-managed ways. X Factor Betting Odds: Simon And Dannii, Sitting In A Tree?
As his hands closed around a body he realised it was a squab.
Even events of the most serious nature get overshadowed by the political squabbles that will result as both sides attempt to leverage the issue to their advantage.
Kerr and MacAveety are still squabbling about those bloody football tickets.
At Monday's meeting of the Council the members originally squabbled among themselves as to whether or not to give the go-ahead.
Er, time to stop squabbling? Times, Sunday Times
A snarling confrontation, there were far too many injudicious challenges and petty personal squabbles to allow football to flow.
Yet their works continued to draw audiences; no matter how bizarre the plots, how filled with sordid family squabbles, the ghetto dwellers regarded them as a form of documentary.
But the majority of the Chinese artists who are squabbled over by blue chip dealers and by museums eager to feature them in prestigious one-person shows have one thing in common: The political and economic history between Mao's infamous cultural revolution and present-day China's overeager capitalism provides a recurrent touchstone in their art's imagery. Robert Ayers: Wang Huaiqing's Chinese Art in Seattle
The sun lights your family chart and you can get people to see beyond petty squabbles and be a team again. The Sun
Yet, predictably, there is no consensus across the political spectrum, just the usual bickering and farmyard squabbling.
Funny being distantly caught up in a media squabble though.
I threw the last of my farthings at some very grateful peasants and while they squabbled over them, I headed off alongside the unenclosed fields towards the sun's afternoon aurora.
Without the names board to quell squabbles, the time is ripe for toponymic powerplays. Crosscut
The squabble about holiday decor unfolded just a few doors down from the site of a historic quarrel about religious symbols that started five years ago, when leaders of Shoreline Towers condominiums removed the mezuza from the doorpost of an elderly resident, citing the building's ban on door-front displays. News - chicagotribune.com
Its development comes after years of public squabbling as competition from events in other British cities has grown.
The ladies laughed consumedly at the squabble; and, making peace between the Kalandars and the Porter, seated the new guests before meat and they ate. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
I agree with #3 – this rivals in obviousness the idea of using 1-click to buy something online, which resulted in interminable squabbling and litigation about who thought of such an obvious thing first. — Google’s Search Goes Out to Sea - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
It had been a long day, and she honestly didn't want to mediate another squabble.
It has become a bitter squabble that almost certainly points to the end of their relationship. Times, Sunday Times
This nicely tuned road trip novel from 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award-winner King begins in Ohio, where April Shea is a "pigheaded" 14-year-old girl who experiments with pot and constantly squabbles with her single mother, Marcy. Publishers Weekly - Children's Books News
They were friends, and had had their share of squabbles and fights in the past, but this was different.
They have also been the scene of less high-minded activity, petty rivalries and squabbles. The Times Literary Supplement
They taught me to raise pigeon squabs in the barns and farm and I hunted rabbit.
The inquiry and the subsequent report will give rise to yet another political squabble, and we have more than enough of those already. Times, Sunday Times
Many bosses no doubt feel well rid of staff whom they find personally objectionable, or who spend all day squabbling with colleagues. Times, Sunday Times
Initially, they sang only at dawn and dusk and spent much time squabbling while establishing territories at either end of our garden. Times, Sunday Times
You can shrug off recent squabbles. The Sun
As the night wears on, the bitter contretemps between the squabbling pair gets progressively uglier-especially when blowsy, gin-soaked Martha mentions the couple's "son. John Farr: Elizabeth Taylor: Star
He doesn't have time for his family's petty squabbles, or lounging around in bars with his mates.
At their feet their naked progeny played and squabbled, or rolled in the muck with the tawny wolf-dogs. THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS
They should look towards a bolder future, not dribbling their energy away on old squabbles. Times, Sunday Times
Though they squabbled and argued and even fought on occasion, Joe adored his brother and was delighted to see him on the road to recovery at last.
And coming up, lawmakers may be squabbling over its merits, but students of business are studying up on outsourcing.
Inevitably it ends unhappily, with yet more vicious squabbling in the boardroom. Times, Sunday Times
Last week, the Education Secretary was squabbling with the Deputy Prime Minister over school reforms.
Did you know, baby doves are actually called squabs, which is a horrible word.
More familiar, but less important, were the internal squabbles and petty jealousies among civil rights leaders that hindered, but never hamstrung, the movement for justice.
They will not work effectively if we choose to follow the narcissism of small differences and become a group of fractured, squabbling nations. Times, Sunday Times
Cassandra jumped skittishly as the door banged shut, suddenly dampening the sound of Randy's squabbling parents, leaving her in silence.
The dissidents need only look over their shoulders at the ramshackle wreckage of the last splintered, squabbling Government. The Sun
The court is not a place to settle petty squabbles between celebrities. The Sun
Oh, and there being a widespread proliferation of interesting ARM-based designs, many available to buy on a per unit basis for reasonable sums of money, and yet RISC OS is the "devil on skis" choice, hypothetically available for such devices if people weren't too busy squabbling and playing gatekeeper with their continually depreciating "intellectual property". bluenose: "Still we can dream of another white knight riding in to produce ARM hardware Drobe Launchpad News
His eyes were large, his figure short and squab.
Due to factors ranging from the unedifying squabble over the federal debt ceiling to Standard & Poor's August downgrade of the U.S. credit rating, the dollar hasn't been looking pretty either. Euro Remains Short of Friends
Squab are done when juices run clear when thigh is pierced with a fork.
Now her victims return as squabbling ghosts and are persuaded to help with her matchmaking plans. Times, Sunday Times
Uliba went on sobbing, and Masteeat frowned at me as though becoming aware that the family squabble was being earwigged by this foreigner. Flashman on the March
Surely Mother Nature meting out carnage on such a grand scale shows just how petty and futile man-made squabbles really are.
That centre front seat slides all the way back until it hits the rear-seat squab, so a child can still sit ‘in the front’, but remains sufficiently rearward not to be hit by an airbag designed to restrain an adult.
The more people turn to and demand government does what they want, the more they become wards of the state, serfs working on the government's estate and squabbling over the tiny things they're given by a tyrannical state who will allow no freedom that might lead to what they define as inequality or unfairness. Word Around the Net
But her attention was speedily diverted by the squabble going on in the corner; for Fanny, forgetful of her young-ladyism and her sixteen years, had boxed Tom's ears, and Tom, resenting the insult, had forcibly seated her in the coal-hod, where he held her with one hand while he returned the compliment with the other. An Old-Fashioned Girl
NANCY GRACE, COURT TV: Well, I know it is being characterized as a squabble, Larry, but I think the bottom line is that every victim's family -- and I'm speaking not just as a former prosecutor but as a victim of violent crime -- every victim's family wants that case to go forward, and they want to make sure that their loved ones 'case is protected. CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2002
His hand was on another squab when the ladder cracked and he was suddenly unsupported in the darkness, scrabbling with both hands to hold on to timbers, losing his grip and absurdly dangling from the rope.
The technicians and experts simply mirror this reality as they squabble over the means to maximize profits for their respective ruling classes.
There has been an unseemly behind-the-scenes squabble within the public sector over tourism's fate.
They're a family whose internal squabbles have been tabloid catnip for decades.
The squabbles of government will always make for easy copy. Times, Sunday Times
There's a custody squabble, which is not helped by possible future deployments and MEU's. Andrew Lubin: Semper Fi and Always Faithful
We've survived distance, illness and family squabbles and with every challenge we overcome, we get a little closer.
And soon, seemingly everyone -- the group, along with its various manag ers and advisers -- was squabbling with Island's black-music division. America In The Balance
By contrast, the judges and commissioners now being appointed to police MPs are empowered to exercise unquestioned authority from the moral high ground, like a headmaster disciplining squabbling schoolboys.
He told me he had become "shelved" and was given no substantive work, because of a political squabble higher up the ladder in his government agency. Douglas LaBier: Three Sources of Boredom in Today's Workplace -- And What Helps
Polly and Susie were having a squabble about who was going to hold the dog's lead.
During a family squabble, my parents told us exactly how ‘disappointed’ they were in us.
We spend much of our time and money squabbling over small pieces of our world. The Sun
Or they were squabbling about Messy... Messy... looking good, he couldn't help noticing. TEN STEPS TO HAPPINESS
She turned and glanced backwards, finding that the pair had stopped squabbling and were then noticing the company.
We wanted more squabbles, and fighting, the biffs to the back head, chuffs to the shoulder, the grabbing, the hauling, the punching. Supernatural Season 4 Cutting Room Floor Wish List - Pink Raygun.com
While Spanish control lasted, a certain amount of squabbling and fighting went on between the two nations; but when the questions arose between England and the United States, the latter refused to acquiesce in the so-called protectorate, which rested, in her opinion, upon no sufficient legal ground as against the prior right of Spain, that was held to have passed to Nicaragua when the latter achieved its independence. The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future
Even where secrecy was not ordered from above, the squabbling Soviet bureaucracy worked against the efficient collection and distribution of data.
They also spend their time squabbling. The Sun
The talks so far have been the usual squabble about money. Times, Sunday Times
This is no longer a mere domestic squabble, though. Times, Sunday Times
And away from the mainstream it has become so fissiparous, squabblesome and insular as to be self-marginalised and pointless. Times, Sunday Times
The sun lights your family chart and you can get people to see beyond petty squabbles and be a team again. The Sun
Electric seat adjusters are usually on the side of the seat squab.
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—
Then again, is this seemingly eternal squabbling over the qualifying system really necessary?
Vexed, on the other hand, has a nonnovel format: two cops, one male, one female, squabbling. Times, Sunday Times
And then the slow decline would set in, and then little Foula would be abandoned to the squabbling skuas and the wheeling puffins.
Britain and the United States squabbled endlessly - almost going to war at one stage - over exactly where the border between the two countries should run.
There were other political squabbles. Times, Sunday Times
The kids are obviously having a blast recreating the sort of histrionics they see on TV, and they squabble over who has the funniest part in the production.
Within a group of sifakas life is reasonably peaceful: members spend a lot more time grooming each other than they do squabbling.
Until recently it seemed that political squabbling could scupper any real change. Times, Sunday Times
Like a man driving a carload of squabbling children to a distant beach, he was determined to look on the bright side.
the title squabble between the Saints and the Colts. Aspen Times - Top Stories
Until Congress and the FDA resolve their legal squabbles, consumers are on their own.
Like a long-married couple they josh, tease, squabble, niggle and compete to put each other down, and, in doing so, carry the show far beyond the austere world of words into the foothills of sitcom.
He clutched a book to his chest with his free hand, while other shoppers made a wide berth around the squabbling couple. A MEANS TO EVIL
Crawford was referring to allegations in a leaked Scottish Enterprise document that a number of the agency's projects are close to collapse because of mismanagement and internal squabbling.
There were similar endless squabbles over how things should be run, and by whom, and a population of battlers trying to rise a little in the world.
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That leaves plenty of time for Barney and Andy to squire their young ladies around - and handle all the personal squabbles that crop up in this little town where everyone knows everyone else's business.
We spent much of the next 20 minutes squabbling over who had the better of it.
Command at Fort Cumberland deteriorated into ceaseless squabbling between the short-tempered Stephen and the stuffy Dagworthy. George Washington’s First War
Chit-chat - keep talking to your baby about what you see and hear as you walk along, anything from the noisy bus to the magpies squabbling in the trees.
We can only hope that Calderon can throw the cartels on the defensive, gain cooperation from a frightened public which is reluctant to trust police, and start controlling the drug kingpins -- whose organizations seem in the meantime to be decentralizing and squabbling over territory. Concern for MX Govt
When they discovered that all the local homing pigeons were booked up, they bought 80 squabs from a poultry market in Newark, N.J.
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
Start with hare in its own borsch and ravioli, followed by pink roasted squab with glacé endives, then cream of goat cheese with strawberry red wine sorbet and basil. Beat this: what's new in the Balearics
They concentrated on simple, direct promises to voters, while the other parties squabbled over more esoteric issues like EU expansion.
He mentions it whenever he and One-Eye get into a squabble, which is about as often as they see one another. Water Sleeps
Perhaps there were too few passengers for it to make economic sense, or maybe there were squabbles over the price of landing charges.
Which makes the unseemly squabbles of his family as he lies seriously ill all the more painful. The Sun
We'll still squabble like children, because you can't change human nature.
We already have too many boys squabbling over too many toys.
Our four-year-old twins (age gap: two minutes) have fought and squabbled since they grasped the concept of owning anything.
The court is not a place to settle petty squabbles between celebrities. The Sun
The corporate-controlled media excludes any genuinely critical voices, narrowing what passes for public debate to squabbles between well-paid mouthpieces for various factions of the American ruling elite.

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