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an act or instance of arguing — typically over unimportant things

squabble = argument over unimportant things

squabble = argue about unimportant things

She was comforted by her husband, with whom she recently declared a truce after a week of squabbling
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

squabbling = arguing over unimportant things

They squabbled over what the surprise should be.
Jerry Spinelli -- Maniac Magee

squabbled = argued (about something unimportant)

Mary didn't bother with their squabbling—her attention was on Alicia.
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore

squabbling = arguing over unimportant things

If we meddled in every squabble and catfight we saw, we'd never be done.
James Dashner -- The Death Cure

squabble = argument over unimportant things

We had grown up together and shared all the closeness of two sisters squabbling over crayons and dolls.
Amy Tan -- The Joy Luck Club

squabbling = arguing (over unimportant things)

Everyone's pulling together to save Mark Watney, with no interdepartmental squabbling.
Andy Weir -- The Martian

squabbling = argument over unimportant things

Except for occasional squabbles about river-tolls they were friends with the Wood-elves.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Hobbit

squabbles = arguments

They began squabbling with each other, and one filed a civil suit against the other about who could claim the money.
Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy

squabbling = arguing

We squabbled now and then, as families will.
Katherine Applegate -- The One and Only Ivan

squabbled = argued over unimportant things

The guards ran up, alerted by our little squabble.
Kiera Cass -- The Selection

squabble = argument

Dave and Sol-leks alone were unaltered, though they were made irritable by the unending squabbling.
Jack London -- The Call of the Wild

squabbling = arguing over unimportant things

squabble = argument

This squabble grew to the proportions of a battle in the woods between partisans of both sides, and it is said to have lasted for two days.
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

squabble = argument

It's true that everywhere he stopped he'd be helping a friend through one legal squabble or another—an immigration problem, a repossessed fishing boat.
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston -- Farewell to Manzanar

squabble = argument

Kids were flinging snowballs, squabbling, chasing one another, giggling.
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner

squabbling = arguing over unimportant things

People were withdrawing their life savings, rushing as though pursued through the shops, and squabbling over goods at the market stalls.
Mina Baites -- The Silver Music Box

squabbling = arguing

Just when they were on the verge of sawing it in two, so each would have her allotted share, Papa settled the squabble by giving the oldest one a silver dollar.
Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows

squabble = argument

I just stood there looking from one distorted face to another, listening to this babble of enraged squabbling as the members of the Walls family gave vent to all their years of hurt and anger, each unloading his or her own accumulated grievances and blaming the others for allowing the most fragile one of us to break into pieces.
Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle

squabbling = arguing

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