whimper

Example Sentences

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Eliot might have predicted, not with a bang but a whimper.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

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

The predominant sentiment at tops is exhaustion, which is why bull markets typically end in a whimper rather than a bang.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

"I'm mystified because we are living in an era of conviction, high-profile, shake-the-tree politics, and this looks like a whimper," he told BBC Radio 4's, World At One.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

When he was a baby, she had looked at his wine stain and listened to him whimper in his sleep, and she’d thought he was the strangest and most beautiful baby in the world.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata