whine

Example Sentences

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Pressure rang in Clare’s good ear, the high-pitched whine of a bursting bubble.

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Instead of lunging forward to protect us, J.W. backed into the weeds, growling and whining.

From Literature

This time Wolf gave a brief snarl, then a whine, to show that he was a bit annoyed, but didn’t want to go too far and offend Torak.

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The boys whined and pulled on my arms.

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He pouts and whines and I’m afraid he’s going to have an all-out tantrum, and for some reason, because I don’t know what else to do, I applaud.

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