whine
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People can whine all they want, but math doesn’t lie.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Their opponents always whine about that, and Reaves even stayed on the court after Thursday’s final buzzer to vent to the referees about that, but just … don’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Katie Miller can whine all she wants, but I have a feeling the kids aren’t listening.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
While I’m sure that I’m not alone in feeling this way, I know that my family and friends are sick of hearing me whine about it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
An animal whine of unequivocal desperation and absolute hopelessness rose in his throat as he ran and ran and ran.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
“You could have used the spittoon! That’s what the other children did, but you weren’t interested,” Moira whines.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026
No one whines about having to clean the bathroom or having a night shift.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025
Construction equipment whines as workers erect towering bleachers in a downtown park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2025
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
There was a long, nagging argument that went round and round, with shouts, whines, tears, remonstrances, bargainings.
From "1984" by George Orwell
“Everything she says in her post about me can be shown to be demonstrably false with a simple search,” Musk whined in one reply.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
"I’ve never done anything harmful," Musk whined, alleging he's the victim of a shadowy conspiracy of "larger forces at work."
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2025
“But I just want you to try,” I whined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
Certain visitors whined, whinged and wept, especially as they approached the exit.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Fig whined and shimmied until he wrestled from my grip.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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
“I don’t know what y’all are whining about,” he once said as the crowd jeered him after yet another victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
“Why? It’s my last one,” she says in the brief clip, whining a bit as she stands on a ladder and struggles to clip some wires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
“But I may change my mind if you do not leave off that whining and sniveling.”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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