How to Use infighting in a Sentence

infighting

noun
  • And among Democrats there is some infighting over process and size.
    — Christine Romans, CNN, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The infighting has led to some optimism that there is still time to get some changes.
    — Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 1 June 2025
  • The infighting mimics what has occurred in the world this year.
    — Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The infighting could hurt Democrats in the midterm elections.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Trump has strived for a united front after the chaotic infighting of his first term.
    — Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
  • And even bills that made it to the end of session wound up caught in legislative infighting.
    — Alexei Koseff, SFChronicle.com, 8 Dec. 2020
  • However, like a lot of bands, the infighting and jealousy was just too much.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Lately, the party has made more news for its infighting than its election plans.
    — Dug Begley, Houston Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Last week’s infighting is likely to leave some bruises even as members try to patch things up.
    — Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • There was burnout and infighting in the group, and several core members left or were pushed out.
    — Karen Weise, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
  • From the start, the reform process was beset by dissent and infighting.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • There’s more people added into the middle, there’s more infighting, and so on and so forth.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Jeenbekov, who kept a low profile for most of the past week, used the infighting between his foes to dig in.
    — Bloomberg.com, 10 Oct. 2020
  • Behind the scenes, the person said, there is tension and infighting.
    — Tyler Pager, Bloomberg.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Cringe at the frustration and infighting as union leaders clash over how to take on the powers that be.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Katelyn Durbin has been so busy this week with so much infighting and turmoil at the county.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 5 May 2022
  • Mourinho needs to gel a fractured squad where morale has been damaged by infighting.
    — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • The ugly infighting has left much of the city troubled and wanting answers.
    — oregonlive, 4 July 2020
  • Democrats are avoiding infighting in the DNC chair race — so far.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
  • It's wracked by bouts of infighting and decades' worth of collective pain and memory.
    — Hollie McKay, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2020
  • The requirement has been a source of infighting and finger-pointing.
    — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The infighting hurt the state’s chances of getting more federal money.
    — Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021
  • But bitter infighting has also been its hallmark.
    — John Otis, NPR, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But the boom has brought its hazards, as well, and not just local political infighting.
    — Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Democrats won a string of victories over the past few weeks—but party infighting threatens to distract from wins.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
  • This is largely due to infighting among Democrats as to the best path to reform this Congress.
    — Kris Krane, Forbes, 10 June 2022
  • Will infighting now affect Democrats' chances later?
    — Steve Mistler, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The fighting, the infighting, the out-fighting, not getting anything done.
    — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
  • That would create huge pressure on Hamas, and possibly spark infighting as well.
    — Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
  • All four have clinched a playoff berth, so the infighting here is about home field advantage in the first and second rounds of the playoffs.
    — Jack Magruder, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024

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