Sentence examples for snivel from inspiring English sources

IF THE weather turns cold at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, and some of the delegates start to snivel, Alan Milburn's thoughts might turn from the excitements of the moment to the more mundane subject of flu.

At present, that looks plausible enough, but both Mr Chirac and Mr Jospin are no doubt looking anxiously across the Atlantic: after all, if America sneezes, Europe tends to snivel, and the symptoms will surely be worse for Mr Jospin.

His wife comes across as an understudy for O'Brien; she could make young Blair snivel by saying things like "And do you think it's quite fair to us, the way you're behaving?

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The word snivel has appeared in one New York Times article in the past year, on Jan . 11in the Op-Ed "The Flu.

It's hard to tell the extent of a flu outbreak because most of the victims just snivel away unhappily in the privacy of their own homes.

He writes that Gauguin "snivel-boasted" that he was down, but not yet defeated.

Ms. Grey pouts and flirts with a soft lusciousness as the ever-on-the-make Amy, while Mr. Derrington's Gareth snivels with pitiful envy as he plots revenge.

My people, I suppose, had snivelled on the road to Auschwitz.

"I feel" she snivelled through tears, "like I'm an inspiration to people who want to achieve their dreams".

They laughed, gasped and snivelled discreetly (or in some cases not so discreetly) and for the first time in my life I began to believe in the wisdom of crowds.