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Meanings of pule (puling) in inglês

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Cry weakly or softly.

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Synonyms
Examples for "wail"
Examples for "wail"
1
Told that journalists didn't consider it news, he would wail, Why not?
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
2
The lost float up in shadowy forms, and wail in whispered despair.
Fifteen Years in Hell: An Autobiography
3
A woman's heart throbbed in the lilt and broke in the wail.
The Yeoman Adventurer
4
Fitfully the words came on the wind, in an almost heart-breaking wail:
A Little Journey in the World
5
For a second, Willy heard the ghostly wail of her daughter's voice.
In the night room: a novel
1
Suddenly, I hear a whimper coming from a clearing on my right.
The Hunger Pains
2
I couldn't even muster up a whimper: it took too much energy.
Walking dead
3
Some are under-resourced, meaning their bark is often reduced to a whimper.
The Irish Times
4
Uncontrollably, your entire body contracts and you let out a small whimper.
Wired
5
Lise began to whimper, and suddenly buried her face in the pillow.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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
Usage of puling in inglês
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
Puling across language varieties
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