whine

Example Sentences

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Over the whine of buzzsaws and the steady whir of sanders, hundreds of Vietnamese workers in a factory outside Ho Chi Minh City hustle to fill orders for high-end furniture.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

The Chernihiv city resident spoke in matter-of-fact terms about a night filled with the low whine of Iranian-designed Shahed drones, a sound now being increasingly heard far from the war's front lines.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

Let’s not whine “They did _______ to us in Europe” or “It’s the Ryder Cup, it’s different.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

In a twitch, a head tilt or a whine, Indy communicates his emotions: curious, lonely, contented, confused, fretful, desperate or petrified.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

The whine turned into more of an excited yip, and I realized where the sound had come from.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler