How do you use the word "quarrel" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "quarrel": What was the cause of your quarrel? I had a quarrel with him over money.

Quarrel Meaning

/ˈkwɒɹ(ə)l/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).

nounOften preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.

Sentence Examples

What was the cause of your quarrel?

I had a quarrel with him over money.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

row scrap wrangle

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Because they disagreed about the game rules, the two players started to ____ loudly.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The two brothers had a bitter ____ over the inheritance that lasted for several years.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman querele [and other forms] and Middle French querele, querelle (“altercation, dispute; basis for dispute; side in a dispute; complaint; accusation; legal suit; lament; problem”) (modern French querelle), and from their etymon Latin querēla, querella (“dispute; argument; complaint, grievance; legal complaint; lament; illness”), from querī + -ēla, -ella (suffix forming nouns). querī (“to complain; to bewail, lament; to be indignant”) comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to puff; to sigh”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And let a Man bevvare, hovv he keepeth Company, vvith Cholerick and Quarelſome Perſons; for they vvill engage him into their ovvne Quarels." — 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Trauaile”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 104:

"Quarrels would not last long, if the fault was only on one side." — 1851, Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld [i.e., François de La Rochefoucauld], translated by [anonymous], Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld. […], New York, N.Y.: William Gowans, →OCLC, number 523, page 140:

"But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash." — 1955 February, T. B. Sands, “The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 79:

"All quarrels halt at the grave." — 2016 June 17, John O’Sullivan, “U.K. Membership in the European Union”, in C-SPAN, 4:34 from the start, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2020:

"I maruaile much my Lords what rage it is, That moues my people whom I loue ſo deare, Vnder a ſhow of quarrell good and iust, To riſe againſt vs thus in mutinies, […]" — 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I:

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