Converse of object

• settle: One result of this is that neither the headman nor anyone else could really exercise any leadership or exert pressure to settle village quarrels.

• pick: But perhaps I am still too young, and haven't the strength yet to defend myself against whoever picks quarrels for no reason.

Modifying Another Word

• frequently: John and his father did not agree on many things and frequently quarreled.

• never: He never quarreled about religion with his parents or anyone else.

Adjective modifier

• bitter: The policy, known as peaceful co-existence, caused bitter quarrels between the Soviet Union and China.

• petty: And now to your petty quarrel with Ilona How patronizing you are!

• violent: The Beast Husband and wife were in the midst of a violent quarrel, and hubby was losing his temper.

• domestic: He would rehearse philosophical debates like domestic quarrels, taking all sides alternately.

• serious: Once my uncle Alfred had a serious quarrel with his wife.

• personal: At the same time the factional dispute became entwined with a personal quarrel.

Modifying Another Word

• no: We have no quarrel with the people of Leeds.

• about: New adjudication in 1998 was expected to be the forum for a quarrel about whether the flue liners were a variation or not.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• over: Each inheritance is a prey for the vilest passions to quarrel over.

Possessives

• lover: In 1885, Sarah Anne Henley, after a lover's quarrel, tried to commit suicide by jumping off of it.

Preposition: with

• foe: Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The flashlight; be yours to hold it high.

Noun used with modifier

• family: If you are suffering problems due to family quarrels, the ride gets strenuous.