pule
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Once everyone is present, Tūtū opens us with a pule, prayer.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
We pule again, and then we line up to scoop food onto our plates.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Pule aku la o Halaaniani a hiki i ka hapalua o ka manawa; ku ana ua nalu, hoomau aku la oia i ka pule a hiki i ka Amama ana.
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Martha Warren Beckwith
Let pessimists potter and pule, and let savages slaughter and harry; Give me Hendry, and Tammas, and Jess, and a smile, and a tear born of Barrie.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
In truth, the Hawaiians not unfrequently applied the term pule to compositions which we moderns find it hard to bring within our definitions of prayer.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
McGinnis clung to the hearing room door as police puled him away.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026
The user contradicted Optus's claims the breach was "sophisticated", saying they puled the data from a freely accessible software interface.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2022
A raft rocked angrily as burly men puled on wires to tame it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2015
But perhaps if Mrs. Kenton had been asked to deliver her mind on this point at once she would have been a little puled.
From The Kentons by William Dean Howells
Kent picked a spray of flowers and puled them ruthlessly to pieces.
From Lonesome Land by B. M. Bower
“Some sectors are puling back on hiring intentions because their broader economic outlook is starting to become less rosy or they have industry-specific concerns,” said Nick Bunker, head of research at Indeed’s Hiring Lab.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2022
“I think he got caught and now he’s puling an excuse out from under the bed,” Adams said.
From Washington Times ● May 23, 2020
BST16:14 69 min Coleman drills a long one from right-back towards Walters, puling left.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2015
After the doors swung open, the crowd grew to more than 200 to collect their free issues with staffers puling titles from boxes on a wheeled, metal cargo crate by the counter.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2011
Why couldn't I dream of devoting myself to baby after fat puling baby like Dodo Conway?
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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