Verb (used without object) : She sniveled from the cold. ,Stop sniveling and use your handkerchief. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a sentimental snivel. From Dictionary.com.
Joy was the universal tone, and a sniveller ran imminent danger. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832] Reference
'The fact is, Hiram, I can't stand the blue lights; they make a hypocrite of you, or a sniveller. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
It would only IF the act of writing ONE snivelling post somehow meant nothing else was possible FROM the sniveller. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Limbaugh compares Pelosi to a terrorist for saying passing health care is more important than re-election.] Reference
"Get out, you old sniveller -- what do you mean by a Trojan?". From Wordnik.com. [Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One] Reference
Love to all you poor past snivellers from an expectant sniveller. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3] Reference
"I don't think you've any right to call Riddell a sniveller," said. From Wordnik.com. [The Willoughby Captains] Reference
Bah! that little sniveller, the king, makes winners give him his revenge. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicomte De Bragelonne] Reference
Are you sure this cavalier of yours was not some miserable sniveller who found time to favour you with a sermon?. From Wordnik.com. [The Brown Mask] Reference
How is it possible that Irene de Chateaudun, who was to enjoy the honor of being your wife, whom you had represented to me as a woman of high intelligence and lofty culture, could have allowed herself to be impressed, after having known you, by the jeremiads of this sentimental sniveller?. From Wordnik.com. [The Cross of Berny] Reference
"If you've turned sniveller, go and snivel with Broadbrim. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times] Reference
You’ll be crying tomorrow, you know, you sniveller; what am I to do with you?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Double] Reference
Now then, what's the matter with you, you little sniveller? "said he, catching hold of a fair-haired little fellow, who was blubbering his loudest, and who seemed bent on rubbing his eyes out by the way in which he was screwing his little fists into them. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886.] Reference
Do you suppose that I wish to see my only child, who will have half a million of money and might be a countess, or half a dozen countesses, to-morrow, married to the son of a beggarly sniveller like you, for as you are so fond of the pure and sacred truth, I'll give it you -- a fellow who can come and peach upon your own boy and his girl. ". From Wordnik.com. [Love Eternal] Reference
The one note sniveller. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Fox News: Palin’s ‘Telepalmer’ Notes Were A Clever Plot To Call Attention To Obama’s Teleprompter] Reference
"Now, you young sniveller," he said haughtily, "you have brought this on yourself. From Wordnik.com. [Burr Junior] Reference
The despicable sniveller!. From Wordnik.com. [Ultima Thule] Reference
A sniveller!. From Wordnik.com. [Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices] Reference
9. sniveller. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
"Well, come along, you sniveller.". From Wordnik.com. [Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories] Reference
“Well, come along, you sniveller.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Inn] Reference
“You lie, you’ll take them, sniveller!”. From Wordnik.com. [Creatures That Once Were Men, and other stories] Reference
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