as in whimpering
to utter feeble plaintive cries
a distressed baby puling in its crib
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crying
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The 8-year-old ia unable to sleep without crying throughout the night and uncontrollably in his sleep, his mother wrote.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
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This wakes my kids who start crying.—
Esther K. Choy,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Puling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puling. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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