whimper

Example Sentences

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In Mr. Loznitsa’s vision, the waiting room is one place ideals go to die, or at least whimper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

A head-spinning session ended with more of a whimper than a bang on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Sri Lanka needed an emphatic win to stay alive but instead exited with a whimper, limping to 107-8 chasing New Zealand's 168-7.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

But after so much time and anticipation, Friday's release landed with a whimper.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

He had ceased crying, but now he began to whimper again.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner