- present participle of snivel.
snivelling
Example Sentences
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When they are named and shamed they diminish in size from terrifying giants to snivelling slugs.
From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2015
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
The sullen, steel-grey sky seems to be permanently snivelling sleet.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2010
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
