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Meanings of pule (puling) in anglès

portuguès
gemer
català
gemir
espanyol
gemir

Cry weakly or softly.

gemir
Usage of puling in anglès
1
The Parliament in London treats us Virginians like so many puling bairns.
Salute to Adventurers
2
Science has but the strength of a puling babe against his invulnerability.
Stage-Land
3
He was ten months old, but sickly and puling for his age.
Salem’s Lot
4
There's going to be something besides a puling string of words now.
The Short Cut
5
But 'tis a puling fool, more fitting for the bowers of ladies.'
King Arthur's Knights / The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls
6
If only Elinor would play the game, instead of puling and mouthing!
A Poor Wise Man
7
Can't you see that it's puling cowardice to grumble at the price?
The Cinema Murder
8
This puling jargon is not as innocent as it is foolish.
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
9
Instead of puling for mercy I will have had my revenge.
The Red Axe
10
In fact, it is a puling, scowling, wretched, dismal, desperate-looking animal.
Gala-Days
11
There is still something that oppresses us-thereis too much puling and complaint.
Maxim Gorki
12
But do not fancy that you are listening to a mere puling lament.
The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all na...
13
Rocker to a puling babe-evenif he was what they say he is.
A Reputed Changeling; Or, Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago
14
Even the puling creature writhed under the lash of Mary's tones.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
15
A bully, a coward, a puling milksop, is all the character he beareth.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
16
For he was no puling schoolboy, but a man, game to the core.
Mavericks
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Puling through the time
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