whining
Example Sentences
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There’s also some whining about Gilgeous-Alexander baiting foul calls from referees—initiating contact and then putting on a Juilliard-worthy death scene—but in this he’s hardly alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
On the other end, the Rockets were a complete mess, dissolving in two whining technical fouls in the third quarter that sealed their fate.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
“Why? It’s my last one,” she says in the brief clip, whining a bit as she stands on a ladder and struggles to clip some wires.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
That said, my siblings and I got tired of the whining and agreed that she would only have to pay the lesser of $3 million or the appraised price of the house.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026
I could hear a lot of tail thumping, whimpering, and whining; but Rowdy still refused to come out.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
