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Meanings of mewl in English

Portuguese
gemer
Catalan
gemir
Spanish
gemir

Cry weakly or softly.

gemer
Usage of mewl in English
1
In my arms the baby stirred and opened his mouth to mewl.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
2
They mewl and they cry and they curl up in fear.
Running with the Demon
3
Laura opens her mouth, but nothing except a pathetic mewl escapes her lips.
Sagittarius Is Bleeding
4
Only a whimper, a mewl of pain or of frustration.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
5
They're hidin' behind that bewt, 'n' they've got my mewl.
Overland: A Novel
6
To mewl when there are creakings in the dark?
Voice of the Fire
7
The way she'd struggle and mewl, her feeble attempts to escape only fueling his predatory intentions.
Last Blood
8
A mewl of terror issued from Lady Yanagisawa.
The Dragon King’s Palace
9
He nuzzled at her, and began to mewl.
The Secret Eleanor
10
Katya hears a protesting mewl from Bartleby, in the clutches of one of the kids, apparently.
Real life & liars
11
But she only lets out a faint cry that sounds like the mewl of a kitten.
The whore of babylon, a memoir
12
Ah, they're there yit, 'n' the mewl tew.
Overland: A Novel
13
Yet they continue to arch their backs and hiss and mewl and crouch in the shadows, little nightmares.
Armageddon's Children
14
The whole gruesome obscure assemblage seemed to mewl and smack their mouths together as though tasting the suggestion.
The last page
15
They have mouths that twitch, and eyes that stare, and they babble and they mewl and they whimper.
Smoke and mirrors: short fictions and illusions
16
I picked up a pebble and tossed it into the water, and as the splash resounded I heard a high-pitched mewl.
Nefertiti
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Mewl through the time