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whiny

[hwahy-nee, wahy-] / ˈʰwaɪ ni, ˈwaɪ- /




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When forced to speak, a couple of the dubbed voices come off whiny.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

I don’t say this because it will seem whiny, although it probably will.

From MarketWatch May 20, 2026

And Ms. Millonzi wisely avoids turning Roderigo into an overly whiny and dim dupe.

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

The stream of implementation emails is so whiny and ridiculous it should be funny.

From Slate Feb. 3, 2025

“Quiet, now,” I tell her like she’s some whiny kindergartner.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

He's even whinier than Trump and has a tendency to react to human contact like most people do to dog poop.

From Salon May 25, 2023

Roman compares their whole argument to when they were kids, when Kendall would play the sober-minded big brother in order to get chicken for dinner, while the whinier Roman wanted steak.

From New York Times May 14, 2023

The teacher said some of her own students misbehave whether parents are present or not and sometimes act whinier when parents are present during a virtual lesson.

From Fox News Dec. 1, 2020

Does there exist anywhere a whinier, more petulant, more entitled gang of businesses than California's big utility companies?

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2018

I ask, definitely a little whinier than I’m proud of, but hey.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

Randall Eliason, a law professor at George Washington University and former federal prosecutor, suggested the defense arguments were without merit, posting on X: “I think this is the whiniest pleading I've ever read.”

From Salon May 28, 2024

Also, even at 14 years old, K is one of the whiniest children I know when he doesn’t get what he wants.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2021

Most over-optimistic newspaper Over at Super Deporte, the shoutiest, whiniest and silliest of all the sports dailies, they never let you down.

From The Guardian Jun. 6, 2016




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