| If nothing else, it triggered a series of spats and arguments that continue to reverberate. |
| In the absence of coherent arguments, the discussion quickly descended into backbiting and spats. |
| They're typical brothers, so they get into these little spats with each other sometimes, and they separate them. |
| Flustered, the blonde boy untied his spats, and took off one of his sock-shoes, sort of hopping around on one foot while doing so. |
| He was garbed in a laced-up green tunic, gauntlets, spats, and khaki pants with large stitches up the front and back seams. |
| It was the usual routine, after one of their spats Antony would go in angry at her, and come out groveling at her feet to take him back. |
