snivel
verb (used without object)
to weep or cry with sniffling.
Example Sentences
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Nobody – least of all Joaquin Phoenix’s snivelling party entertainer – believed he stood a snowball’s chance in hell.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2019
His face is peppered with sand and the dank, snivelling sky has left his sweatshirt decidedly damp and clammy.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2018
The funny thing is, they're probably looking at him, thinking: who is this horrid, snivelling little worm of a man they've sent?
From The Guardian ● Jun. 2, 2012
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
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
