whimper
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A volatile week that battered Wall Street with relentless headlines ended with a whimper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
European and domestic losses got the 2026-27 campaign off to a whimper but Vrancken stayed calm and believes his team are now reaping deserved benefits.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
And yet the victory comes with more of a whimper, given expectations heading into the night.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Alas, Krypto the pup is sidelined early on with a whimper, both from him and us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Louisiana screamed and Raymie let out a whimper, and in Alice Nebbley’s dark and tragic room, Beverly stood quietly without jumping or moving at all.
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
So his team gathered the barks, growls and whimpers of 74 dogs of varying breeds, ages and sexes, in a variety of contexts.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
These included grunts, whimpers, laughter, screams, hoos, barks, squeaks, and pant hoots.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2023
The cries of mammalian infants, for example, can be incredibly similar, to the point that white-tailed deer will respond to whimpers whether they're made by marmots, humans or seals.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023
“I’m sorry, it’s a family trauma thing and I thought it was funny,” Young whimpers after being met with silence from the audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
Bieber whimpers from the top of the stairs, and there are footsteps above us, and Abby’s telling a story about Taylor.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
Babies with tubes in their noses whimpered quietly in their mothers' arms.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
“When it comes to the actual re-establishment of the business, Sound Transit provides next to nothing,” he said, as babies whimpered behind his office wall at naptime.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
Yet because he never whimpered or complained, few outside the program even knew what he had to endure.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
He nervously tries to speak, but only a few whimpered words emerge.
From Salon ● May 22, 2023
Bruno took a step back and whimpered, mumbling, “Trolls, filthy trolls, cursed trolls.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
“I think if the dog came out alive, one of them has to be alive as well,” Fajardo said, as Yogi sat next to her whimpering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
"I am one of the whimpering hounds it seems - it's either Jonathan or Alan I would say," said Sir Stephen earlier in the day.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
The host stresses to a whimpering Jenn that in that scene she showed America "what a strong and powerful woman is."
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2024
In the middle of the night, Franklin started whimpering.
From Slate ● May 2, 2024
Some two or three days later I noticed a change in Kuti: his eyes lost their dullness and the whimpering that had been so harrowing to listen to lessened and stopped.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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