1 The mockingbirds and the jays, engaged in their old feud for possession of the magnolia tree beneath her window, were bickering, the jays strident, acrimonious, the mockers sweet voiced and plaintive.
2 She missed the sounds of quarreling voices that were always heard at Tara when Ellen's back was turned, Mammy quarreling with Pork, Rosa and Teena bickering, her own acrimonious arguments with Suellen, Gerald's bawling threats.
3 Forgetful of the store and the mills, she spent her time on the lot, arguing with carpenters, bickering with masons, harrying the contractor.
4 They were gentle, quiet spoken, reserved people and not given to even the amiable bickering that characterized most Atlanta families.
5 He was polite and disinterested and she missed his interest, perverse though it had been, missed the old days of bickering and retort.
6 I said then that it was not in order, voices were heard bickering with one another.
7 Finally he urged unity, and deprecated especially religious and denominational bickering.
8 Of various admirals I could tell you a great deal: of them and their flags, and the gradation of their pay, and their bickerings and jealousies.
9 The king and the cardinal are the best of friends; their apparent bickerings are only feints to deceive fools.