whine
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Some say they sound like a jet plane about to take off, others complain of a high-pitched whine.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
People can whine all they want, but math doesn’t lie.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Katie Miller can whine all she wants, but I have a feeling the kids aren’t listening.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
While I’m sure that I’m not alone in feeling this way, I know that my family and friends are sick of hearing me whine about it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
“Stop it,” I whine, batting her arm away.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
You think the Lakers star whines too much.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Mr. Bond also explores how researchers are able to interpret the “language” of certain animals, notably the different barks and whines of dogs and the songs and calls of birds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
No one whines about having to clean the bathroom or having a night shift.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025
He has to sit still and do what he's told, which he whines about ad nauseum when he's outside of court.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024
But then he whines to come back in.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
She mostly stuck to the allotted time limits while Bass repeatedly whined that she wasn’t given enough time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
He whined that the singers who pulled out of the state fair are “Third Rate” and promised he would simply headline the event, swearing he is greater than Elvis, even “without a guitar.”
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
“Everything she says in her post about me can be shown to be demonstrably false with a simple search,” Musk whined in one reply.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
The craft beeped awake, arched its hawklike shoulders, and whined off into the valley.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2024
“I don’t know. I don’t know,” the chupacabras whined.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Revolving around roommates who share a deep friendship and almost nothing else, the show—“about three unbearable and directionless 24-year-olds,” according to creator-writer-star Leo Reich—is certainly not whining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Find me an era when investors were whining about that.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
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
I had no idea how long he’d been there—probably as long as the high-pitched whining had been sounding over the bellow of the engine—certainly minutes.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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