HAGGLE in a Sentence

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They'll again haggle over a state mandate that would require businesses to give equal pay to men and women performing the same jobs.

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 Meanings and Examples of HAGGLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
haggle
 v.  argue about prices; bargain, as over the price of something
Classic Sentence:
1  I catched a catfish and haggled him open with my saw, and towards sundown I started my camp fire and had supper.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
2  Gillenormand the elder, he never haggled over his alms-giving, but gave gladly and nobly.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN
3  could not possibly have let the junior bank staff, and perhaps even all sorts of other people, come along and catch him by surprise as he haggled with those people in the junk room.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Five The whip-man
Example Sentence:
1  They'll again haggle over a state mandate that would require businesses to give equal pay to men and women performing the same jobs.
2  After they had haggled for some time, the two men decided to close the bargain.