whimper
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And yet the victory comes with more of a whimper, given expectations heading into the night.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Alas, Krypto the pup is sidelined early on with a whimper, both from him and us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
England reached the semi-finals but exited with little more than a whimper with a familiar problem laid bare.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Manias often peak on good news, though, and they generally go out with a bang, not a whimper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Other times, when I was feeling stuck all over again about which path to take, I’d whimper, “Mom, tell me what to do.”
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
These included grunts, whimpers, laughter, screams, hoos, barks, squeaks, and pant hoots.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2023
The cries of mammalian infants, for example, can be incredibly similar, to the point that white-tailed deer will respond to whimpers whether they're made by marmots, humans or seals.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023
At night the town whimpers to life with a couple of takeaway pizza places and cafés where Tunisian and Senegalese migrants sit outside smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2022
All those traditional whines and whimpers about how the guild and other pre-Oscar awards ruin everything with repetitious wins have been silenced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
After a while, the dogs stopped their howling, subsiding to a series of whimpers, and everybody went back inside.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Babies with tubes in their noses whimpered quietly in their mothers' arms.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
“When it comes to the actual re-establishment of the business, Sound Transit provides next to nothing,” he said, as babies whimpered behind his office wall at naptime.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
He nervously tries to speak, but only a few whimpered words emerge.
From Salon ● May 22, 2023
Williams Mbengue whimpered and lost her voice when she was informed of Goldstein’s death in a call with The Post.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2022
Now, he didn’t care, didn’t even try, he whimpered like a baby as he fought his way through the darkness of the corridor.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
“I think if the dog came out alive, one of them has to be alive as well,” Fajardo said, as Yogi sat next to her whimpering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
"I am one of the whimpering hounds it seems - it's either Jonathan or Alan I would say," said Sir Stephen earlier in the day.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
In the middle of the night, Franklin started whimpering.
From Slate ● May 2, 2024
“Mia keeps on whimpering and crying too. If something is seriously wrong with Mia, he might die.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2023
Except for the whimpering, there was a silence you not only heard, but one you could see on Mrs.’s face.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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