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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
  • Ezra gets the ball in his hands and, after looking back at his mom while JJ whimpers excitedly, tosses the orange ball back to the dog.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The mumbling girl is ill and must be taken to hospital, where her mother whimpers prayers over her.
    Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Traditionally, the upside down American flag signals distress, and that was the mood expressed as speakers shouted, cried and chanted with the crowd of around 100 people.
    Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2025
  • Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin cried on the air over their pets.
    Joey Nolfi Published, EW.com, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • This raw, vulnerable and unpredictable version of Tiffany Haddish leaves the viewer crying with laughter and sobbing from heartfelt, relatable, real-time self-healing.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 9 May 2025
  • The father buried his face into a pew’s rail and sobbed.
    Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Pule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pule. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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