How do you use Bicker in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like squabble or niggle, plus the exact meaning.
Bicker in a sentence
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Bicker meaning
- To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
- To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.)
- To patter.
Synonyms of Bicker
Using Bicker
- The main meaning on this page is: To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner. | To brawl or move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, light, flame, etc.) | To patter.
- Useful related words include: squabble, niggle, quibble, dustup.
- In the example corpus, bicker often appears in combinations such as: to bicker, bicker and, bicker about.
Context around Bicker
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bicker
- In this selection, "bicker" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, family, danny, journalists, snipe, fen and vent stand out and add context to how "bicker" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and danny bicker vent and and and journalists bicker about many. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bicker" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bicker
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is not a time to bicker. (7 words)
Those two bicker as the announcers check the replay. (9 words)
Let's not bicker and argue over who groomed who. (10 words)
While Sonic can often bicker with pretty much all of his other friends, he and Tails always seem to be on the same page, with the two being able to conjure up a plan to save the day in a matter of moments when putting their heads together. (48 words)
Pearl (Gilly Rogers) and Jan (Julia Wilson) know each other well, and all their idiosyncrasies – they can bicker like siblings and castigate the other for their failings but essentially they are tight and supportive and need the friendship. (38 words)
While centrist and progressive Democrats continue to bicker over their party’s underwhelming down-ballot performance this election cycle, one fact should not escape notice: Joe Biden’s win over Donald Trump was an unabashed climate victory. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
As he celebrates his 65th birthday his dysfunctional family bicker, snipe and scheme, hoping to gain control of his empire.
Electricity will be sent along two 623km cables to land near Sutton-on-Sea, where a further 68km of cabling will connect it to the Bicker Fen substation.
Jun and Misuzu continue to bicker like an old couple while the new dynamic developed between Carol and Misuzu offers a fresh source of humor.
Let's not bicker and argue over who groomed who.
Lost in the wilderness with no cellphone service or direction, Amy and Danny bicker, vent, and break down over the course of what feels like days, as both time and their sanity warp.
Indian pundits and journalists bicker about many things, but on this point they’re unanimous: Only a miracle will halt the B.J.P. Still, it falls to Gandhi, steward of his enfeebled party, to try.
Jill has watched Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) and Lily Winters (Christel Khalil) bicker over the throne for far too long.
My work wife is someone we have a lot in common, we get on but we also bicker constantly.
Pearl (Gilly Rogers) and Jan (Julia Wilson) know each other well, and all their idiosyncrasies – they can bicker like siblings and castigate the other for their failings but essentially they are tight and supportive and need the friendship.
While Sonic can often bicker with pretty much all of his other friends, he and Tails always seem to be on the same page, with the two being able to conjure up a plan to save the day in a matter of moments when putting their heads together.
It seems meaningless and a frustrated Maeve quickly begins to bicker with Serac as she feels he's reneging on his end of the bargain to bring her daughter back from the Sublime.
Jared Dudley said the players union would bicker with Stern for hours.
Over at the Chancellor estate, Mackenzie “Mac” Browning (Rachel Kimsey) and Esther Valentine (Kate Linder) will bicker about Esther doing JT’s laundry.
The atmosphere in the family home turned sour, as the spouses did nothing but bicker.
This is not a time to bicker.
Those two bicker as the announcers check the replay.
When there is no threat from outside our country that is immediate, apparent, and serious, we turn our attention inward — and sometimes we bicker and squabble.
While centrist and progressive Democrats continue to bicker over their party’s underwhelming down-ballot performance this election cycle, one fact should not escape notice: Joe Biden’s win over Donald Trump was an unabashed climate victory.
Economists bicker over what to include, but like an elephant it’s usually easy to recognise even if you struggle to define it.
Fortunately for Marley, those nine Titan-shifters - who had since become famous noble Eldian houses - were beginning to bicker and jostle for power among themselves.
Common combinations with bicker
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: