whining
Example Sentences
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Jade makes a whining noise and slumps her shoulders.
From Literature
“Yep. And Berrycloth giggles like a schoolgirl. It’s fine by me. At least he’s stopped whining about his car being demolished or his hat going missing.”
From Literature
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick accused Carney of “an arrogant kind of thought,” and likened the prime minister’s speech to whining and complaining.
That said, my siblings and I got tired of the whining and agreed that she would only have to pay the lesser of $3 million or the appraised price of the house.
From MarketWatch
That was her way of saying she’d heard enough of my whining.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
