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whiny

[hwahy-nee, wahy-] / ˈʰwaɪ ni, ˈwaɪ- /




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I don’t say this because it will seem whiny, although it probably will.

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

And Ms. Millonzi wisely avoids turning Roderigo into an overly whiny and dim dupe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

And we are asked to see the "vulnerable" as a small number of whiny people on death’s door anyway.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2025

The stream of implementation emails is so whiny and ridiculous it should be funny.

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2025

“Quiet, now,” I tell her like she’s some whiny kindergartner.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

He's even whinier than Trump and has a tendency to react to human contact like most people do to dog poop.

From Salon ● May 25, 2023

Roman compares their whole argument to when they were kids, when Kendall would play the sober-minded big brother in order to get chicken for dinner, while the whinier Roman wanted steak.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2023

The teacher said some of her own students misbehave whether parents are present or not and sometimes act whinier when parents are present during a virtual lesson.

From Fox News ● Dec. 1, 2020

Does there exist anywhere a whinier, more petulant, more entitled gang of businesses than California's big utility companies?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2018

"You nearly jabbed my eye," I say, and my voice comes out whinier than I intend.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

Randall Eliason, a law professor at George Washington University and former federal prosecutor, suggested the defense arguments were without merit, posting on X: “I think this is the whiniest pleading I've ever read.”

From Salon ● May 28, 2024

Also, even at 14 years old, K is one of the whiniest children I know when he doesn’t get what he wants.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2021

Most over-optimistic newspaper Over at Super Deporte, the shoutiest, whiniest and silliest of all the sports dailies, they never let you down.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2016




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