How To Use Squabble 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.
It's amazing how one strong and loving personality can keep all the petty squabbles in check.
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.

The squabbles of government will always make for easy copy. Times, Sunday Times
It has descended into an unseemly squabble. Times, Sunday Times
They should look towards a bolder future, not dribbling their energy away on old squabbles. 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
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
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.
The drama centres on twin sisters, Dibs Hamilton and Girlie Delaney, and the ugly squabble over who gets to inherit Allandale, the family farm.
But, this time, he was unable to reconcile internecine squabbles.
There were endless squabbles over who should sit where.
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
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.
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
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
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
There have been minor squabbles about phone bills.
Mother is devoted to Dad although they squabble all the time.
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
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.
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?
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
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?
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.
At Monday's meeting of the Council the members originally squabbled among themselves as to whether or not to give the go-ahead.
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
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
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
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
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
You can shrug off recent squabbles. The Sun
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.
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.
The court is not a place to settle petty squabbles between celebrities. The Sun
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
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.
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
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.
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 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
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
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—
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
While evidence continues to mount that humans are heating the globe, the world's nations squabble over a complex fix too timid to solve the problem.
Yet, politics forms a large part of the family squabbles.
As adults, we tend to think children's squabbles are unnecessary, that they are trivia blown up out of all proportion.
The party is split by internal squabbles.
In a huge room all the monkeys from the big gorilla to the minute ouistiti or witsit, were installed; they squabbled, pulled one another's tails, bit one another, uttered piercing cries. The Curly-Haired Hen
That should be enough time to fan the flames of an all-out, old-fashioned quarterback squabble.
Few could have predicted this re-enactment of the age-old squabble which underpins the dodgy plots of so many Hollywood Westerns would occur in the last 16 of the World Cup, but both teams of sharpshooters have made it through on merit.
His reported penchant for trimming films in the editing suite has earned him the nickname Harvey Scissorhands, and he was rumoured to have squabbled furiously with Martin Scorsese over Gangs of New York.
While the mutually irritated mother and father squabble over the television remote control and other trivialities, their two young sons listen upstairs and wonder about what lies ahead.
And when he said this, it seemed as if the voices of Mr. and Mrs. Skratdj rose higher in matrimonial repartee, and the children's squabbles became louder, and the dog yelped as if he were mad, and the maids 'contest was sharper; whilst the snap-dragon flames leaped up and up, and blue fire flew about the room like foam. Snap-Dragons: A Tale of Christmas Eve; and Old Father Christmas: An Old-Fashioned Tale of the Young Days of a Grumpy Old Godfather
Folky harmonising that combines romantic songs with onstage squabbles. Times, Sunday Times
Individual directors may disagree, bicker, dispute, squabble, fight or even disobey the chairman.
The party is split by internal squabbles.
They should look towards a bolder future, not dribbling their energy away on old squabbles. Times, Sunday Times
This is no longer a mere domestic squabble, though. Times, Sunday Times
There were endless squabbles over who should sit where.
Simon's temporary return as a supply teacher was a welcome relief, providing a long-lost focus to the cast's squabbles.
The Christian sects began to squabble among themselves, which they continue to do to the present day, and in 1767 the Sublime Porte issued a firman dividing the church among the disputants. The City With the Big Ego
The dories roved and fished and squabbled till a swell underran the sea. Captains Courageous
If only Mr. Frazetta were with us today to unsheath his ever-deft paintbrush and, wielding it like a New Master, depict his own family's recently resolved squabbles over his multimillion-dollar artwork. A warrior's farewell: RIP, Frank Frazetta, master of fantasy illustration
Ill say, a strange man is a marvel, with his mighty talk; but whats a squabble in your back-yard, and the blow of a loy, have taught me that theres a great gap between a gallous story and a dirty deed. Act Three
Since then, those who follow its fortunes have had little to observe beyond the continuing unedifying spectacle of very public settling of internal squabbles.
Their respective tastes in home décor were quite similar, so they seldom squabbled over what to buy. Who Said It Would Be Easy
I would hope that other states have it because the last thing that you ever want when your people are in trouble are bureaucratical squabbles. Oral History Interview with Richard H. Moore, August 2, 2002. Interview K-0598. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
The talks so far have been the usual squabble about money. Times, Sunday Times
No sooner was peace signed than the victors began to squabble among themselves.
It has descended into an unseemly squabble. Times, Sunday Times
It should also be emphasized that in the regional, departmental and local councils Right-wing coalitions have been completely unaffected by the squabbles of the national leadership. The Government and Politics of France
At home, you can get people to drop petty squabbles and be a team again. The Sun
It was the kind of squabble guaranteed to inspire public indifference. Times, Sunday Times
They squabbled amongst themselves over the dew-surfaces, and only the night before one of them was knifed because he so stole. CHAPTER X
What better strategy than to stay above the fray, while a bunch of ragged and raw aspirants squabble into a loss in November 2008?
He managed to end the rows and squabbles in his party and made a rather good impression in the debates.
However, petty squabbles begin to drive the team apart just before their rematch with the Yankees for the league championship.
The blame here cannot be laid on some interagency squabble between, say, the State Department and the Pentagon.
Which makes the unseemly squabbles of his family as he lies seriously ill all the more painful. The Sun
There were other political squabbles. Times, Sunday Times
It has become a bitter squabble that almost certainly points to the end of their relationship. Times, Sunday Times
A neighbours' squabble over late-night noise ended in court before a circuit judge, 12 jurors and two barristers.
Too much togetherness can bring about squabbles and require a forgiving heart. Christianity Today
These days our squabbles have taken a more controlled and grown-up turn.
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.
It can end 40 years of political squabbles. Times, Sunday Times
They should look towards a bolder future, not dribbling their energy away on old squabbles. Times, Sunday Times
He thinks the current dust-up about electronic voting is a political squabble.
The crisis has thrown up epic squabbles across Europe, but the euro zone's capacity to respond remains juddery. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
The court is not a place to settle petty squabbles between celebrities. The Sun
You can shrug off recent squabbles. The Sun
That should be enough time to fan the flames of an all-out, old-fashioned quarterback squabble.
Let the Times staff fight out their own professional squabbles.
They squabbled amongst themselves over the dew-surfaces, and only the night before one of them was knifed because he so stole. CHAPTER X
It's less about the petty squabbles. The Sun
I learnt that, being the eldest, any arguments and squabbles would nearly always result in a smack for me.
The monkeys squabble on the erected scaffolding. Times, Sunday Times
Pretty meaty stuff for an art history major who formerly knew squat about the squabble.
Player indiscipline, boardroom squabbles and unrest in the stands all contributed to his eventual sacking last year.
Certain villages have decided to squabble, when even the unlettered tribes band together to defend us. HAMMERFALL
The court is not a place to settle petty squabbles between celebrities. The Sun
The history of fashion is littered with failed companies and ruptured friendships as people squabble over money. Times, Sunday Times
At home, you can get people to drop petty squabbles and be a team again. The Sun
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
The court is not a place to settle petty squabbles between celebrities. The Sun
It's less about the petty squabbles. The Sun
It's a private squabble which no-one else is interested in.
Do I enjoy listening to people squabble over loot?
They're having a family squabble and want to suck in the rest of us.
It began as just another squabble on a sitcom set over a punchline. Times, Sunday Times
These petty squabbles half a hemisphere away are not helping us at all.
I always have to settle squabbles between the children.
One-Eye mentions that whenever they get into a squabble, which is about as often as there is an audience but nobody to get between them. Water Sleeps
As usual Papa found a way to settle the squabble.
The other two squabble over the smallest pile. Times, Sunday Times
The history of fashion is littered with failed companies and ruptured friendships as people squabble over money. Times, Sunday Times

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