- present participle of whine.
whining
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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
It wasn’t close to being close enough, and please, stop whining that the referees failed to call enough fouls on the aggressive Thunder.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 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 slept quietly all night; I wish I could say the same for Faro, who kept dreaming and whining in his sleep.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
So why should anyone care about the whinings of the press?
From US News ● Mar. 11, 2016
All kinds of vibrations now, high whinings and low rumbles.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2011
For 15 years the midnight ocean is made hideous by the howls and whinings of the imprisoned first-mate.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the jolting hurt Old Yeller till sometimes he couldn’t hold back his whinings.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
The dogs were so far restrained, by the remonstrances of the old man, as to confine their noise to low but often-repeated whinings.
From The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore
