whine
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People can whine all they want, but math doesn’t lie.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
“The Sheep Detectives” introduces this talent lightheartedly, with Lily suggesting they forget some minor unpleasantness, counting to three, and pausing as a high-pitched whine slices the air.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Their opponents always whine about that, and Reaves even stayed on the court after Thursday’s final buzzer to vent to the referees about that, but just … don’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Then comes the mosquito-like whine of the incoming Russian drones, massing in their hundreds just above the clouds.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025
“Stop it,” I whine, batting her arm away.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
No one whines about having to clean the bathroom or having a night shift.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025
I can get the reasoning to build out his role, but the gags are clunky from the get-go, including a tedious stretch in which Braxton whines about his urgent desire to adopt a corgi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
He whines that Blanche "has not been following his instructions closely, and has been insufficiently aggressive."
From Salon ● May 2, 2024
All week I’d reveled in the cackles of leaf monkeys, hoots of gibbons, and barks of macaques, plus choruses of birds and frogs—all backed by the hums and whines of insects.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
But then he whines to come back in.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
Many of Silicon Valley’s most powerful people have whined a lot in recent years about traditional media not being properly understanding of their companies’ brilliance and benevolence.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026
"I’ve never done anything harmful," Musk whined, alleging he's the victim of a shadowy conspiracy of "larger forces at work."
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2025
This would be the ruin of the NBA, or so the critics whined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
“But I just want you to try,” I whined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
“We just got one two weeks ago, Dad,” Ben whined.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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
Bridges, in particular, has found a new level, making Knicks fans forget all the whining they did about the draft pick-swallowing trade they made for him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 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
“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
“Quit your whining and carrying on. Ye all knew this was the most competitive specialty.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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