whimper

And yet the victory comes with more of a whimper, given expectations heading into the night.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

But his side are on the brink of heading home at the first hurdle, in a similar fashion to their previous two finals appearances - with a whimper and without playing a historic knockout tie.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Alas, Krypto the pup is sidelined early on with a whimper, both from him and us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 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

Immediately Ben began to whimper again, and for a while all of them looked up the drive at the square, paintless house with its rotting portico.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Depp whimpers and writhes with aplomb, but her enthusiastically physical performance never reaches her eyes — unless they’re rolling back in her head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024

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

The two children were on the sofa, their sobs having degraded into tearful whimpers.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

“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

Yet because he never whimpered or complained, few outside the program even knew what he had to endure.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2023

Was it sarcasm I heard in his whimpered response?

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2019

"Come back to me, my love, please come back soon," he whimpered as she stroked his hand.

From BBC ● May 15, 2018

One or two of the sleeping children muttered or whimpered in their sleep as he passed, and the nun in the bed at the end gave a soft shuddering snore and turned over.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

“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

She was crying quietly while we talked, one of those whimpering meltdowns that kids have without actually screaming.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2025

"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

Gabriela Barrera, 21, was arrested Saturday after Irvine Police Department Animal Service officers went to a home on Eastshore regarding reports of whimpering dogs on the patio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

Clutching his precious mushrooms, Taran hastened to see what had happened, and came upon Gurgi lying in the middle of the grove, writhing and whimpering, a honeycomb beside him.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander