whining
Example Sentences
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“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
Orion, a small Pomeranian, sat up and made a whining sound.
From Literature
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That would certainly please his parents, who didn't like barking and whining one bit.
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“Then I realized that Alice is boring. She just wanders around whining about everything.”
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Sal came up to the window, sniffing and whining, but I was in no hurry to get up.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.