mewling

The best part of Benedict’s pathetic mewling is his claim that it was his bold artistic insight — which he had to fight those Hollywood suits to keep intact! — to make Starbuck a womanizing rogue (but not really that much of one, as I remember it).

Matthew Yglesias » Great Moments in Wingnuttery 2009

Then a row of about twenty-five as hangdog-looking Bedouins as were ever strung up in the Valley of Jehoshaphat began a kind of mewling cry, such as a rat would make in a trap.

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne

It is snapping and whirring, emitting a high-pitched tome like the mewling of a cat.

Death's Noisy Herald gerard varni 2011

It wasn't the shade of a hero from Ireland's long history of failed rebellions, or the mewling of a banker looking for another handout.

Ireland Needs Merkel to Get Its Message Paul Hannon 2011

But the Federal Communications Commission's modest attempts to hold broadcasters to their end of the bargain are being met by a teeth-gnashing, fire-breathing rhetoric... and pitiful mewling about how hard it is to use a computer.

Craig Aaron: When Whinosaurs Attack! Craig Aaron 2012

A mewling noise escapes her as, blinking and sniffling, she bites down on her lip.

New Doctor/Rose Ficlet: STRAWBERRIES rabid1st 2009

I thought not, you're just another mewling whinger.

From porn to Portillo | Mark Lawson 2011

Meanwhile, we just ended a hurricane season with zero hurricanes and only maybe a few mewling tropical storms.

October 24th, 2009 m_francis 2009

Maybe Petey when I found him all hurt and mewling, before I turned him.

Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

Its only when the banks have to honor the out clause in their contract that we now hear the mewling.

Matthew Yglesias » On So-Called “Irresponsible” Borrowers 2009