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Recent Examples of pule Brightman’s Josh also comes across as more of a puling partner than his TV predecessor. Rhoda Feng, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pule
Verb
  • Willow begins to whimper, and backs away from the door—but sits promptly down, still staring at it.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Moscow Police Department recently released footage from a neighbor’s security camera that picked up the sounds of a woman screaming and then whimpering just before 4:18 a.m. that day.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The majority of the action, however, unfolds in a claustrophobic one-shot inside a tent, with our heroes quaking at the whoops and cries surrounding them.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Her mother was too malnourished to breast-feed; the baby cried constantly, began losing weight, and developed ulcers and infections.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a video testimony, the man, whose name was not released, is seen falling to his knees and sobbing.
    Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • And then as soon as the standing ovation started, I was started sobbing again.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Pule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pule. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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