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Experts have long predicted that the pandemic will end with a whimper, not a bang.
WHY COVID-19 MIGHT BE HERE TO STAY—AND HOW WE'LL LEARN TO LIVE WITH ITJAMIE DUCHARMEAUGUST 12, 2021TIMEFor instance, stars burn through their hydrogen fuel, puff up and eventually expel their gases into space, whether with a bang or a whimper.
HOW DO SCIENTISTS CALCULATE THE AGE OF A STAR?HELEN THOMPSONJULY 23, 2021SCIENCE NEWSYet, rather than following the path laid out in its shadow docket decisions this term, Fulton ended instead with a whimper.
3 WINNERS AND 3 LOSERS FROM THE JUST-COMPLETED SUPREME COURT TERMIAN MILLHISERJULY 2, 2021VOXFor much of its run, Game of Thrones was the biggest show on television, and then it went out with a whimper.
HOW CAN WE MISS GAME OF THRONES IF IT NEVER WENT AWAY?EMILY VANDERWERFFAPRIL 16, 2021VOXDems in disarrayThe 2020 election ended in a whimper yesterday evening, when Democrat Rita Hart suspended her challenge to the results in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District.
THE TRAILER: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MAJORITY DOESN'T RULE?DAVID WEIGELAPRIL 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe turned kind of white around the gills when he first felt the halter around his neck, and then braced up and not a whimper.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNBy this time the bent figure sitting in the rocking-chair, near the coffin began to show signs of life and whimper a little.
THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMESThe whimper grew to a cry which Bud's rude rocking back and forth on the box before the fireplace could not still.
CABIN FEVERB. M. BOWERJust look at those poor boys there—some of them are dying, almost, but they won't whimper.
THE WAY OF A MANEMERSON HOUGHIn the ominous silence the dog began to whimper in his sleep and his hind legs kicked convulsively.
IN SEARCH OF THE UNKNOWNROBERT W. CHAMBERSWORDS RELATED TO WHIMPER
- accuse
- ascribe
- attack
- beef
- bellyache
- bemoan
- bewail
- bitch
- carp
- cavil
- charge
- contravene
- criticize
- defy
- demur
- denounce
- deplore
- deprecate
- differ
- disagree
- disapprove
- dissent
- expostulate
- find fault
- fret
- fuss
- gainsay
- grieve
- gripe
- groan
- grouse
- growl
- grumble
- impute
- indict
- kick up a fuss
- lament
- lay
- look askance
- make a fuss
- moan
- nag
- object
- oppose
- protest
- refute
- remonstrate
- repine
- reproach
- snivel
- sound off
- take exception to
- wail
- whimper
- whine
- yammer
- accused
- ascribed
- attacked
- beefed
- bellyached
- bemoaned
- bewailed
- bitched
- carped
- cavilled
- charged
- contravened
- criticized
- defied
- demurred
- denounced
- deplored
- deprecated
- differed
- disagreed
- disapproved
- dissented
- expostulated
- found fault
- fretted
- fussed
- gainsaid
- grieved
- griped
- groaned
- groused
- growled
- grumbled
- imputed
- indicted
- kicked up a fuss
- lamented
- lay
- looked askance
- made a fuss
- moaned
- nagged
- objected
- opposed
- protested
- refuted
- remonstrated
- repined
- reproached
- snivelled
- sounded off
- took exception to
- wailed
- whimpered
- whined
- yammered
- bawled
- bemoaned
- bewailed
- blubbed
- blubbered
- boohooed
- broke down
- burst into tears
- caterwauled
- choked up
- complained
- cracked up
- deplored
- dissolved in tears
- fretted
- grieved
- groaned
- howled
- keened
- lamented
- let it all out
- let went
- mewled
- moaned
- mourned
- put on the weeps
- rang the blues
- regretted
- shed bitter tears
- shed tears
- sighed
- sniffed
- snivelled
- sobbed
- sorrowed
- squalled
- turned on waterworks
- wailed
- wept
- whimpered
- whined
- yammered
- yowled
- bawls
- bemoans
- bewails
- blubbers
- blubs
- boohoos
- breaks down
- bursts into tears
- caterwauls
- chokes up
- complains
- cracks up
- deplores
- dissolves in tears
- frets
- grieves
- groans
- howls
- keens
- laments
- let goes
- lets it all out
- mewls
- moans
- mourns
- puts on the weeps
- regrets
- rings the blues
- sheds bitter tears
- sheds tears
- sighs
- sniffs
- snivels
- sobs
- sorrows
- squalls
- turns on waterworks
- wails
- weeps
- whimpers
- whines
- yammers
- yowls
- bawl
- bemoan
- bewail
- blub
- blubber
- boohoo
- break down
- burst into tears
- caterwaul
- choke up
- complain
- deplore
- dissolve in tears
- fret
- grieve
- groan
- howl
- keen
- lament
- let go
- let it all out
- mewl
- moan
- mourn
- put on the weeps
- regret
- ring the blues
- shed bitter tears
- shed tears
- sigh
- sniff
- snivel
- sob
- sorrow
- squall
- turn on waterworks
- wail
- weep
- whimper
- whine
- yammer
- yowl
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