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whimper

verb as in cry softly

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“Ow,” I whimper as I try to stop myself from melting off the fence.

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Cassiopeia started to whimper, and Beowulf turned pale.

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The howl of pain came from the back nursery, where Penelope found Cassiopeia in her bed, whimpering and thrashing to and fro.

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But a shoeless, whimpering lady in a half-buttoned gown dangling from the branch of a tree is hardly inconspicuous.

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At the remark, both of his siblings sank into defensive crouches and began to whimper.

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