- present participle of snivel.
snivelling
Example Sentences
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She recalls turning up at the door of their hotel suite, snivelling, in the middle of a downpour.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 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
When they are named and shamed they diminish in size from terrifying giants to snivelling slugs.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2015
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
