whine
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People can whine all they want, but math doesn’t lie.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
The hallways lead to more hallways, the overhead fluorescents whine like hornets.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
In Northern Virginia, residents near data centers have complained of a constant high-pitched whine from cooling and backup equipment, serious enough to drive people indoors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Katie Miller can whine all she wants, but I have a feeling the kids aren’t listening.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
He started up the stairs, but a soft whine stopped him.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
The story is simple: The dad flusters, fidgets and whines; the girl gobbles room service as though aspiring to become human foie gras.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
No one whines about having to clean the bathroom or having a night shift.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025
He whines that Blanche "has not been following his instructions closely, and has been insufficiently aggressive."
From Salon ● May 2, 2024
All week I’d reveled in the cackles of leaf monkeys, hoots of gibbons, and barks of macaques, plus choruses of birds and frogs—all backed by the hums and whines of insects.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
He laughs and whines and I laugh, too, keeping the speedometer on seventy-two.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
He whined that the singers who pulled out of the state fair are “Third Rate” and promised he would simply headline the event, swearing he is greater than Elvis, even “without a guitar.”
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
The children jumped for joy after winning a game of cornhole; others fell and whined in defeat, but got up to play again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
After that experience, she whined about how the contest was rigged.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2025
This would be the ruin of the NBA, or so the critics whined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
“Well, I won’t do it,” whined Peckleman, pushing his goggle-sized glasses up the bridge of his nose.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
But it should also be said that Ms. Northeast, who has a face that might launch a thousand miniseries, makes this one immune to much whining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Or do we just revert to whining about our dopey NFL fantasy teams?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Upstairs, children pore over schoolbooks, mothers prepare lunch and television sets flicker in cramped living rooms, all against the constant background noise of shredders whining and baling presses pounding below.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
No whining about measly travel headaches with the mother of all bad-trip sagas looming on the big screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The dogs were shedding their winter coats, whining and restless to be off the ship again, and growing hungrier every day.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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