- present participle of whine.
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
But Zeus looked at him sternly and told him he was as intolerable as his mother, and bade him cease his whining.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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