pule
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We pule again, and then we line up to scoop food onto our plates.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Once everyone is present, Tūtū opens us with a pule, prayer.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
The pule now to be given seems to be specially suited to that portion of the service which took place in the woods at the gathering of the poles and greenery.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Yet he did not whine and pule to them.
From The Long Night by Stanley John Weyman
From one point of view these pule are not to be regarded as prayers in the ordinary sense of the word, but rather as song-offerings, verbal bouquets, affectionate sacrifices to the gods.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
McGinnis clung to the hearing room door as police puled him away.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026
The user contradicted Optus's claims the breach was "sophisticated", saying they puled the data from a freely accessible software interface.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2022
A raft rocked angrily as burly men puled on wires to tame it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2015
I've never puled in this world, thank God, and let come what will, I ain't going to begin puling in the next.
From The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
The words puled haltingly from lips stiff with fright.
From Connie Morgan in the Fur Country by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
“Some sectors are puling back on hiring intentions because their broader economic outlook is starting to become less rosy or they have industry-specific concerns,” said Nick Bunker, head of research at Indeed’s Hiring Lab.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2022
“I think he got caught and now he’s puling an excuse out from under the bed,” Adams said.
From Washington Times ● May 23, 2020
BST16:14 69 min Coleman drills a long one from right-back towards Walters, puling left.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2015
After the doors swung open, the crowd grew to more than 200 to collect their free issues with staffers puling titles from boxes on a wheeled, metal cargo crate by the counter.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2011
Nobody could doubt he spoke the truth; he was already old and wise when the most elderly among them was a blind hairless mite, puling and whimpering for a feed from its mother.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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