Sentence examples for squabble on from inspiring English sources

Rose-breasted bullfinches land on the pebbled shore as green-winged teals squabble on the water.

Yet the squabble on the high seas is less violent than last year, when a Sea Shepherd vessel collided with the Nisshin Maru, broke in two, and sank.

Throughout Rohmer's career, he filmed essentially virtuous characters who nonetheless sin freely in their hearts; their cartoon angel and devil stand and squabble on opposite shoulders and, in Rohmer's world, the angel tends to get the upper hand.

Whether mediating a disagreement among her nine siblings or a roommate squabble on her Cal swim team, she has a way of navigating cliques, calming emotions and resolving problems without playing favorites.

The legal feud is evidence of a more important squabble on the team than the recent dugout exchange between Roger Cedeño and Roberto Alomar, two of the Mets' underachieving off-season acquisitions in a highly disappointing season.

This felt like another farewell, the little clap of apology he had shared with Bastian Schweinsteiger after the pair had tussled seconds before half-time suddenly seeming revealing, as if future team-mates knew better than to squabble on this stage.

There were last minute squabbles on the campaign trail.

That squabble dragged on as they retreated to the halfway line, with the defender eventually wound up to the extent he flicked out with a boot.

"This happened because of all the intraparty squabbling going on in the Republican Party, but whatever their motivation was, they have just handed us the keys to the kingdom".

Even so, squabbling on the right continues.

No squabbling on Olympus -- that's the rule.