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whine

noun as in complaint, cry

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verb as in complain, cry

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In a twitch, a head tilt or a whine, Indy communicates his emotions: curious, lonely, contented, confused, fretful, desperate or petrified.

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He immediately came under fire within Israel, with opposition leader Yair Lapid writing: "Today saw a weary and whining Israeli prime minister, in a speech overloaded with overused gimmicks"

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Always a sour type who liked to whine that he had always been treated unfairly, he nurtured a long list of grievances against a long list of perceived enemies.

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Isn’t this a “First World problem,” a form of privileged whining or a self-indulgent bid for tea and sympathy?

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But their over-the-top whining belies their true understanding.

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