snivel
verb (used without object)
to weep or cry with sniffling.
was snivelling
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past progressiveof snivel.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Every woman in the house was snivelling at the time, but I suppose it was because it was predestined that I was to write this particular lady's memoirs that I remarked her.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
