whiny
Example Sentences
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When forced to speak, a couple of the dubbed voices come off whiny.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
How do you advocate for yourself without coming across as whiny or dragging a coworker into the conversation when they probably never intended to reveal their salary?
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
Sure enough, his reasons are whiny and out-of-touch.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026
If he hadn't obsessed over love, hadn't been so tactless, so whiny, so nerdy—maybe if he hadn't been, Colin thought, so much like me...
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
