whimper

Example Sentences

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I laid him belly-down over my forearm and rocked him, and he went from yelling to whimpering, and next thing he was asleep.

From Literature

Churro had been whimpering and quivering for the last hour, and now he threw up.

From Literature

Inside, he heard the black dog whimper, which was somehow ten times scarier than when it barked.

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I whimper, afraid to even ask, because what if he’s wrong?

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Earlier this month, a Gardena police officer responded to a report that there were whimpers and cries coming from a self-compacting trash can outside a local church.

From Los Angeles Times