whining
Example Sentences
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There’s also some whining about Gilgeous-Alexander baiting foul calls from referees—initiating contact and then putting on a Juilliard-worthy death scene—but in this he’s hardly alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
That said, my siblings and I got tired of the whining and agreed that she would only have to pay the lesser of $3 million or the appraised price of the house.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026
He’s well-off but constantly whining about how much debt he’s drowning in.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025
He has a few moments that play so close to comedy — say, whining to be let into the bathroom — that you wish the movie would do more to encourage our pained, guttural laughs.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
Rowdy was sitting in the spring seat, looking at us, whimpering and whining.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
