How to Use snivel in a Sentence
snivel
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Faced with the sniveling sum of these failures, Garfield is startled but compassionate.
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Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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Played by a sniveling Casey Siemaszko, Billy is spineless and spiteful.
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Sezin Devi Koehler September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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But Flynn also oozes sniveling self-righteousness while hotly defending and petitioning for childhood innocence (amusing hints emerge that the daughter is a somewhat lazy and dim underachiever).
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Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026
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In the show, Cooke plays the regal Alicent Hightower and Glynn-Carney is her sniveling son, King Aegon Targaryen.
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James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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All this in an environment where politicians like Jeff Bridges (running for state treasurer who lives in the Cherry Creek school district) whine and snivel about his associates in the teachers’ union not having the funds to effectively teach our kids.
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Dp Opinion,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Throughout many revealing conversations, the braggadocious zeal of Poseidon and Zeus, the sexy aloofness of Aphrodite and Dionysus, and the sniveling bitchery of Hermes and Hypnos were endearing, but all gave way to flawed people who grew deeply over time.
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Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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