snivelling
Example Sentences
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But it’s true to my relationship with both father and sister; they the daring adventurers, me the snivelling tell-tale.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2018
His face is peppered with sand and the dank, snivelling sky has left his sweatshirt decidedly damp and clammy.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2018
It would be hard for Bob to see through that façade to the shy, mousy-haired, snivelling idiot she’d been at fourteen.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 12, 2011
The comedian who found fame as the skinny, snivelling half of Laurel and Hardy was brought up by his maternal grandmother at 3 Argyll Street for the first six years of his life.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2011
It was very quiet again, except for Hooper, snivelling, and the sound of the water.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
