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Meanings of sniveling in English
Catalan
ploriqueig Synonyms
Examples for "snivel"
Examples for "snivel"
1
He stood for a moment eyeing the gamin, who pretended to snivel.
2
When the blows fell, he held his breath, but did not snivel.
3
Had we ought to snivel, and give it up at the fust?
4
I was overtaken with self-pity and began to snivel, I can't rest.
5
You won't need a sleeping bag or a lot of snivel gear.
Usage of sniveling in English
1
She was still sniveling, her need for privacy forgotten in her unhappiness.
2
Augustine went off, sobbing and sniveling, dragging her feet in the snow.
3
I was babbling, sniveling and crying, and I begged all the harder.
4
Can't you write a civil reply to a civil letter without sniveling?
5
Always sniveling and whining and poking his nose where it doesn't belong.
6
What are you idiots sniveling about?-there'snothing the matter with this humbug.
7
He felt like a man again instead of a sniveling, scared dog.
8
You're not quite the sniveling wormeater I had you pegged for.
9
Brave and bawdy one moment, while the next she was a sniveling ninny.
10
You take my advice and cheer up instead of continually sniveling.
11
And when you speak of sniveling Puritans, speak of them that do snivel.
12
What he actually said was to tell a house maid to stop sniveling.
13
But she felt like the outsider and started pouting and sniveling.
14
There I was, tied up to a family of sniveling hypocrites.
15
The fury of a wounded lion cornered by a sniveling jackal.
16
Everyone bore the coveted marks except Quirion, who crept off sniveling.
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Frequent collocations
Sniveling through the time
Sniveling across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common