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whine

[hwahyn, wahyn] / ʰwaɪn, waɪn /




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Behind me, I hear Tyler whine, “I didn’t get invited.”

From Literature

The whine of the alarms clashes sharply with the chill reggae music.

From Literature

Even as their nemesis prowled the nursery, the Horrible Incorrigibles whined, punched, dueled, and pirouetted all the way to the bakehouse.

From Literature

The beasts sniffed and whined, but one by one, they lay down flat on their bellies.

From Literature

Then comes the mosquito-like whine of the incoming Russian drones, massing in their hundreds just above the clouds.

From BBC