QUARREL in a Sentence

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210 example sentences for QUARREL, such as:
1. It takes two to make a quarrel.
2. Don't involve me in your quarrel.
3. Two quarrel and a third profits by it.
4. The quarrel with Lanyon was incurable.
5. Yes, a violent quarrel was in progress.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of QUARREL
quarrel
 v.  have a disagreement over something
 n.  an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
Classic Sentence: (177 in 12 pages)
1  That night there was the sound of uproarious singing, which was followed by what sounded like a violent quarrel and ended at about eleven o'clock with a tremendous crash of glass.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
2  Yes, a violent quarrel was in progress.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
3  The quarrel with Lanyon was incurable.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON
4  Thou art right," said Gurth; "it were ill that Aymer saw the Lady Rowena; and it were worse, it may be, for Cedric to quarrel, as is most likely he would, with this military monk.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  To this mortal quarrel he has himself defied me, and I shall not forget the challenge.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
6  But let his obsequies be private, as becomes those of a man who died in an unjust quarrel.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
7  The Pope and Princes of Europe shall judge our quarrel, and whether a Christian prince has done well in bucklering the cause which thou hast to-day adopted.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
8  There must always be two parties to a quarrel, says the old adage.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
9  Mr. Sikes, being disappointed of the dog's participation, at once transferred his share in the quarrel to the new comer.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
10  It is not a passionate quarrel that would have broken my heart; it is the steady opposition and persistence in going wrong that he has shown.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 6 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete
11  A fierce quarrel broke out, which was increased by the two guardsmen, who took sides with one of the loungers, and by the scissors-grinder, who was equally hot upon the other side.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
12  She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
13  And about his quarrel with his father, I am sure that the reason why he would not speak about it to the coroner was because I was concerned in it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
14  This quarrel had put a stop to all communications for some months, so that if Browner had occasion to address a packet to Miss Sarah, he would undoubtedly have done so to her old address.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
15  You will remember that on hearing the sound of the quarrel she descended and returned with the other servants.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1  They had a bitter quarrel about/over some money three years ago and they haven't spoken to each other since.
2  People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
3  It takes two to make a quarrel.
4  Two quarrel and a third profits by it.
5  The two nations settled their quarrel in an amicable way.
6  The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
7  He mediated in the quarrel between the two boys.
8  The ancient way to settle a quarrel was to choose a leader from each side and let them fight it out.
9  I have no animosity against him, and he's clearly seeking to pick a quarrel with me.
10  It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.
11  When you quarrel with a close friend, talk about the main dish, don't quibble over the appetizers.
12  In any family quarrel, it's usually six of one and half a dozen of the other.
13  When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.
14  After their worst quarrel, Jim and Mary wondered if they should live apart for a time to try to improve their relationship.
15  Don't involve me in your quarrel.