- present participle of snivel.
snivelling
Example Sentences
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The comedian who found fame as the skinny, snivelling half of Laurel and Hardy was brought up by his maternal grandmother at 3 Argyll Street for the first six years of his life.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2011
Incredibly, some snivelling types continue to snipe at the mighty champion, pointing out that none of those wins has come by more than two and a half lengths.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 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
But to himself he said when he had let the lad go snivelling home, “We must get back to the land.”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
