- present participle of whine.
whining
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Sometimes he portrays her as a shrew, whining last year about how he’d be “in trouble” if he forgot to mention their anniversary during a speech.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Stop whining, get a job, eat ramen like the rest of us did in college, on a budget with four roommates.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
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
Actors spend years building a certain cool image, but within seconds of appearing onscreen in this movie, you’re whining, farting and generally making an ass of yourself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Bonnie wasn't much of a shopper, but after a pronounced bout of whining, she decided she wouldn't mind adding to her lifelong angel collection.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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 James Fenimore Cooper
