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whine
noun as in complaint, cry
Example Sentences
When she turns the throttle, the bike launches forward with a deep whine.
Their whines, squeaks, and chittering sounds are unlike many other common forest animals, so listen carefully if you’re eager to know their whereabouts.
When the machine is operating, it emits a penetrating whine, like a dentist’s drill.
Robert: I probably whine more than anybody of having to do 22 a year, so there was pride in what she said.
Anyone going through Prozac Nation can certainly find plenty of callow moments when Wurtzel does whine.
Every time the government raises environmental standards, industry leaders whine that the cost will be prohibitive.
But no matter, we are allergic and getting more allergic, hear us roar (and sniffle and whine and hack).
They whine that the movie is just a parade of liberals mocking conservatives.
For above the beat of the rain and the shrill whine of the wind came a strain of music, mournful, yet exquisitely beautiful.
Talpers's voice had taken on something of a whine, and Lowell straightened up in disgust.
A cry, a little cry almost like the whine of a small animal suddenly hurt, escaped from Latour's lips.
The only answer was an uneasy whine as the animal crouched close to the man's feet.
James thought his kingly power divine And, loathing Puritanic ‘whine,’
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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