whimper

Example Sentences

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In Mr. Loznitsa’s vision, the waiting room is one place ideals go to die, or at least whimper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Sri Lanka needed an emphatic win to stay alive but instead exited with a whimper, limping to 107-8 chasing New Zealand's 168-7.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

The predominant sentiment at tops is exhaustion, which is why bull markets typically end in a whimper rather than a bang.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

However, not everyone was blown away, with the Hollywood Reporter saying it's "a disappointing farewell", and Mashable saying the series risked going out with the "fizzled whimper of a message self-destructing in a tape deck".

From BBC • May 25, 2025

They heard the child whimper as they tramped through the trees, but the whimpering soon gave way to the swamp sighs and birdsong and the woody creaking of trees throughout the forest.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill