How to Use bicker in a Sentence

bicker

1 of 2 noun
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  • On the ride back to the ranch, Jamie and Beth bicker while John tries to enjoy a drink.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The two bicker about whether or not the ruse even looks believable.
    — Patricia Hernandez, The Verge, 31 Aug. 2018
  • While the other girls bicker over hobbies and boys, Aimee erupts in tears.
    — Christi Carras Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The three bicker for a while, then make the mistake of telling Arie their respective sides of the story.
    — Lisa Bonos and Emily Yahr, chicagotribune.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Inevitably, the two bicker, right up to the point when they're abducted, thrown in a car trunk and whisked off to Colombia.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 11 May 2017
  • And the idea of Cloak having to listen to Gert and Chase bicker and have a romantic squabble?
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • In the play, Vanya and Sonia share a home in Pennsylvania and bicker.
    — Jessi Virtusio, Daily Southtown, 28 Apr. 2017
  • The board bickers while, online, the comments section turns into a free-for-all.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2019
  • My 13- and 10-year-old daughters bicker and verbally jab too much for me.
    — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Siblings, too, have gained many more hours together — to bond, as well as to bicker.
    — Jessica Lahey, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • And the actors bicker, sigh and roll their eyes like real relations do.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Nov. 2020
  • In the house the creators play pranks on each other, bicker like siblings and argue over who's cleaning the dishes.
    — Lynsey Weatherspoon/redux For Cnn, CNN, 7 May 2022
  • Wandering around town, Diego and Luther bicker about their father and what they’re supposed to do now.
    — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Behind her, the townsfolk tussle and bicker; one man shares a bone with a dog; housetops collapse into the street.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The characters mustn’t just live and breathe but bicker and brood, create and procreate.
    — Thelma Adams, Variety, 15 Jan. 2022
  • For some reason, Lincoln takes issue with this and the two bicker and fight while the camera weirdly zooms in on their legs touching.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 2 July 2018
  • In Anne’s court, men can be advantageous pawns, but to ask them to do much more than bicker, race ducks, and play stupid games will lead to nothing good.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 21 Nov. 2018
  • The trio bicker about what love feels like before acting it out, forcing Forky to conclude that love is boring.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Over the course of the 12 episodes, the two constantly bicker and fight, but ultimately always have each other’s back.
    — Wilson Chapman, Variety, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Over the course of an hour and a half, watch as the young couple bickers, treads water, and faces mortality together.
    — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
  • However, while son and dad bicker, Desak, a god-slayer, shows up and tries to kill Magni.
    — Gina Vaynshteyn, refinery29.com, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Watching movie stars bicker, freak out, and talk to their tablets isn’t any more rewarding than doing it yourself.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2021
  • And how the brothers bicker while playing video games, including chipping the puck in and forechecking like it’s real life.
    — Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The two bicker about strategies for extracting Cody while his mom, Valerie (Jill Paice) frets outside.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2021
  • Clocks shout slogans, lightning taunts thunder, flutes envy cannons, days of the week bicker.
    — Mythili G. Rao, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017
  • The two bicker throughout the process, yet ultimately bond over their failure to make it in Hollywood.
    — New York Times, 2 June 2018
  • Like real people, Cleary’s characters make messes, slam doors, leave nasty notes on the kitchen counter and bicker at the dinner table.
    — Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The air is salty, even a little dank, and seagulls bicker as diggers trundle up and down dismantling cabanas.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2020
  • This is why ghosts populate her stories, why characters commune and bicker with the dead.
    — Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2021
  • That night at the after party, Colton bonds with Katie while Tracy and Demi bicker about who is more passive aggressive.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2019
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bicker

2 of 2 verb
  • They bickered about how to decorate the room.
  • She is always bickering with her mother.
  • And those are just the examples of the back-and-forth bickering this spring.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 13 June 2019
  • As siblings are wont to do, the sisters could bicker at times.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2023
  • Randall and Kevin have been bickering for the past year or two.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Hobbs and Shaw bicker at each other throughout the movie.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The two co-stars began to bicker, with Mikkelsen choosing the hat as well and Waller-Bridge deciding on the whip.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 26 June 2023
  • Life’s too short to argue and bicker over who killed who, after all.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • While home from school, the two would bicker and physically fight in the backseat of Charles' car.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Williams, the mother who has two teens on the city's west side, said the dueling sides need to stop bickering.
    — Holly Yan, CNN, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Another time, he was stuck in the back seat while a driver bickered with her boyfriend.
    — Preetika Rana, WSJ, 5 June 2023
  • For years, Antonio and Gladys Lozano would bicker over who would go first.
    — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 28 June 2021
  • Wolves bicker and snarl at first, then eat peacefully side by side.
    — Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020
  • When is the last time a quarterback as good as Dak Prescott has had to bicker with a franchise to get his money?
    — Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2021
  • No one wants to constantly bicker with their spouse though.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • Fans rated their favorite moments from the show and bickered over the correct way home.
    — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 2 June 2023
  • The high drama of housewives bickering about who said what over a bottle of wine.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Two women bicker and joke about a new creation: A bucket-sized slouchy cap.
    — Lily Jackson | Ljackson@al.com, al, 26 July 2019
  • The brothers, who bicker a lot, wind up getting close to those who knew the dead man, and the twists start coming fast and, at times, absurdly.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • On Saturday, some prayed and some bickered as tempers flared in the warm humid night, a strong smell of sweat hanging in the air.
    — Hala Gorani, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Those two pallid politicians sat on either side of him and bickered while Jesse sat silent.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The husband and wife were at each other from the beginning, bickering back and forth.
    — Candace Taylor, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2019
  • This is not the time for the people who are running with each other to bicker with each other or complain.
    — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2020
  • King Tut is the most famous of Egypt's Pharaohs, and experts have spent decades bickering over the cause of his untimely death.
    — Fox News, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Listening to the two of them bicker and discuss the universe, science, and fate just made my heart happy.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 3 June 2019
  • Russia and Ukraine have bickered for years over the transit fees, and on two occasions Russia turned off the gas in the middle of the winter.
    — Olga Tanas, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Pick up Route 66 in downtown Chicago and drive until the kids start bickering.
    — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Towhees get up early to start bickering with one another and running around in the street.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Again, in between the firefights, there is also a lot of immersive world-building and bickering with a robot who has a heart of gold.
    — Adrienne So, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The First Amendment and the Second have forever been tricky, bickering bedfellows.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2024

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