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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mew .
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Examples
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The king and the prince, followed by the cats, went down to the strand, and when the prince stepped into the boat all the cats "mewed" three times for good luck, and the prince waved his hat three times, and the little boat sped over the waters all through the night as brightly and as swiftly as a shooting star.
The Golden Spears And Other Fairy Tales Edmund Leamy
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In the days that followed, You need therapy and I don't mean aroma mewed around Jack like a hungry cat.
The Dirty Parts Christopher Allen 2011
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Shave from me with sharp razors my lips, my nose, my ears -- ay, and tear out the eyes of me by the roots; and there, mewed in that featureless skull that is attached to a hacked and mangled torso, there in that cell of the chemic flesh, will still be I, unmutilated, undiminished.
Chapter 12 2010
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In it was a litter of blind kittens — all dead save one, that feebly mewed and staggered on awkward legs.
THE PEARLS OF PARLAY 2010
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One amber eye peered up over his spine, and Oscar mewed.
Dark Oracle Alayna Williams 2010
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During the day they batted paper towels around the barn floor, staged elaborate ambushes and mock fights, and mewed to be picked up and petted.
The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
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One witch said, “Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed.”
Something Wicked 2010
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Cats scattered under the sagging couch and quilt, while kittens mewed from the box placed in front of the iron-bellied stove.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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She mewed against his chest and whispered a secret, desperate plea for a wolf cub that would hurt the way he did.
Wolflet 2010
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The kitten mewed and wiggled until Claire stuck her finger down into the pocket.
Firestorm! Joan Hiatt Harlow 2010
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