snivel
verb (used without object)
to weep or cry with sniffling.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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The youngest one, maybe he is five or six years old, is sniveling.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
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