Bickered is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bickered meaning
simple past and past participle of bicker
Using Bickered
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of bicker
- In the example corpus, bickered often appears in combinations such as: bickered over, bickered and, bickered as.
Context around Bickered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bickered
- In this selection, "bickered" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, police, bucks, sides and amongst stand out and add context to how "bickered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and philip bickered and finally and burgess often bickered for instance. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bickered" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bickered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We bickered as we set up the tent. (8 words)
Like all players I have bickered with my coaches. (9 words)
The two sides bickered over which variables should be included in the model. (13 words)
Last May, the senator, who has declined to associate as a Democrat and who has bickered in the past with top party officials, had his campaign committee write a $100,000 check to, of all places, the Democratic National Committee. (40 words)
McCaw and Smith then bickered over the details of Oregon’s abortion laws, before McCaw summarised: “The bigger point of all that is that people have very different, very strong opinions on abortion. (33 words)
He is 29 and I am a guy of 30. We were in a relationship for five years but had bickered a lot lately and not had sex for months. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
A report, published today, revealed that in some cases, police bickered amongst themselves about taking responsibility for an investigation, leading to delays.
Dark Order and the Bucks bickered about who were the cowboy’s true friends.
The two sides bickered over which variables should be included in the model.
We bickered as we set up the tent.
Bailey and his mother, Helen (nee Burgess), often bickered – for instance, over whether his father, Arthur, worked as a “dustman” or a “roadsweeper”.
Later, some played dominoes while others bickered over heated games of backgammon, sipping hot cups of tea and smoking hookahs (water pipe).
McCaw and Smith then bickered over the details of Oregon’s abortion laws, before McCaw summarised: “The bigger point of all that is that people have very different, very strong opinions on abortion.
The star-studded line up kicked off with a string of video messages from Hollywood A-Listers as they playfully bickered over who was the most famous.
The two bickered as he moved into his home, which was beside her house.
Ghani has bickered with his partner in the current Unity Government, Abdullah Abdullah, over who will represent Kabul at the negotiating table.
Shawn and Philip bickered, and finally Shawn disclosed that he and Belle were getting married today.
During Thursday's presidential debate in Houston, Buttigieg tried to make a virtue of his youth while playing the adult in the room when his rivals bickered on stage.
He is 29 and I am a guy of 30. We were in a relationship for five years but had bickered a lot lately and not had sex for months.
Last May, the senator, who has declined to associate as a Democrat and who has bickered in the past with top party officials, had his campaign committee write a $100,000 check to, of all places, the Democratic National Committee.
So Porsha and NeNe also bickered during the reunion, but NeNe’s drama with her co-stars has now extended beyond production.
Sumire and the ref bickered and Kashima got a small package for two.
Government ministers bickered over defense policy and the national deficit Sunday, as political leaders attempted to score points and win new voters ahead of widely expected early elections.
His characters bickered and fought and faced all sorts of everyday issues, from relationship troubles to physical illnesses.
Like all players I have bickered with my coaches.
While European politicians bickered, those migrants rescued Saturday by the Open Arms aid ship were jubilant, jumping, chanting and hugging their rescuers.
Common combinations with bickered
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: