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

The screen faded to black, ending in silence, no titles and a lot of viewers like me offering to make the post-Corrie cuppa and snivelling by themselves in the kitchen.

From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2010

She hated how the cops—both cops—were staring at her, like they’d never seen anything so sad or so pathetic before, like she was some snivelling little mangy dog.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 22, 2010

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