whining
Example Sentences
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I wish Caitlin Clark would just stop whining and play.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 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
That said, my siblings and I got tired of the whining and agreed that she would only have to pay the lesser of $3 million or the appraised price of the house.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026
He’s well-off but constantly whining about how much debt he’s drowning in.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025
As he pushed us out of the house, sniffling and whining, Doña Lola took down the curtain that divided the room in two and rolled our hammocks out of the way.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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