mewl

And one man in his time plays many parts, / His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, / Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms; / Then the whining school-boy, […]

You're a pretty clog to be tied to a man for life, you mewling, white-faced cat!

My father started rubbing and rubbing on Mittens, scruffying her fur the wrong way, and she mewled her protests.

There would have been total silence if it hadn't been for the sea nearby, mewling. Indeed, that same mewl added to the sleepy image that filled the dormant house.

I let out another moaning mewl, biting my lip as I awaited whatever he planned.

The scratching stopped, and there was another piteous mewl from behind the door.