snivel
verb (used without object)
to weep or cry with sniffling.
sniveller
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a word derived from
snivel.
Example Sentences
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Love to all you poor past snivellers from an expectant sniveller.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Leonard Huxley
“I wouldn’t dare, my friend,” said the sniveller, “but it is you that are pulling me by the beard.”
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
“Sir,” replied the sniveller, “do not make the hive jump about so much; my poor arms are nearly breaking in two.”
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
I tell you, stranger, that you shall marry the girl, and this sniveller must marry you.
From The People of the Mist by Henry Rider Haggard
Joy was the universal tone, and a sniveller ran imminent danger.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832 by Various
