whining
Example Sentences
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“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
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 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.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
Isn’t this a “First World problem,” a form of privileged whining or a self-indulgent bid for tea and sympathy?
From Salon • Sep. 20, 2025
“But I may change my mind if you do not leave off that whining and sniveling.”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
