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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
kvell .
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Examples
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Swills swelled, balloonfish bellowed, bully Billy rebelled, yellow Mell yelled, silly Will kvelled:
LL on a Sailbloat 2010
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It does not hurt one's looks to be kvelled over in a domed room that is all you own, overlooking the entire length of an exquisite new museum in a country where they face their mistakes and do their best to learn from them and right them.
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They kvelled (the Yiddush grandmother in me with that word - it means fawned over) over Miss Moss (Worship Kate!).
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After the extras and crew kvelled, and the actors ignored her, the assistant director led Elizabeth to her mark beyond the action.
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The audience kvelled (Yiddish for joyful marveling) when the Chabad's children presented the senator with a silver pushke (charity box.)
Heidi Pickman: FL: Lieberman Stirs Up Bipartisan Interest In McCain 2008
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Joseph never reached the eighth grade, but instead of begrudging the woman her happiness, I kvelled in it — because it was my son who had made this miracle possible.
Chicken Soup for The Soul : Moms & Sons Jack Canfield 2008
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Joseph never reached the eighth grade, but instead of begrudging the woman her happiness, I kvelled in it — because it was my son who had made this miracle possible.
Chicken Soup for The Soul : Moms & Sons Jack Canfield 2008
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I saw The Witch Next Door on their table, and kvelled.
Books I've Saved From Childhood Franki 2007
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"When she went and started talking to me about what she was doing, and the atmosphere and the ambitions there, I mostly just kvelled for her," Mr. Marash said.
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I fairly kvelled at your boyish precocity when you told the mailman what you really think of stagnant public sector unions!
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