whine

He has a few moments that play so close to comedy — say, whining to be let into the bathroom — that you wish the movie would do more to encourage our pained, guttural laughs.

The dog whined by the back door until someone let her out.

The Chernihiv city resident spoke in matter-of-fact terms about a night filled with the low whine of Iranian-designed Shahed drones, a sound now being increasingly heard far from the war's front lines.

In one ad, he tapped Morgan Spector, the bearded star of the HBO hit “The Gilded Age,” to roast the rich for whining about socialism while chomping on lobster.

Would you prefer for your team to be owned by someone whining about the Dodgers and their payroll, or someone dedicated to beating them?