- present participle of whine.
whining
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Find me an era when investors were whining about that.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Some derided these savers for whining about good fortune: “My steak is too juicy and my lobster is too buttery.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Sometimes he portrays her as a shrew, whining last year about how he’d be “in trouble” if he forgot to mention their anniversary during a speech.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Upstairs, children pore over schoolbooks, mothers prepare lunch and television sets flicker in cramped living rooms, all against the constant background noise of shredders whining and baling presses pounding below.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
This morning, he does not blow air out of the side of his mouth at her whining.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
So why should anyone care about the whinings of the press?
From US News ● Mar. 11, 2016
All kinds of vibrations now, high whinings and low rumbles.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2011
For 15 years the midnight ocean is made hideous by the howls and whinings of the imprisoned first-mate.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the jolting hurt Old Yeller till sometimes he couldn’t hold back his whinings.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
Beggars were seated at regular distances along the road, uttering the most dolorous whinings.
From Views a-foot by Bayard Taylor
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