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whine

noun as in complaint, cry

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verb as in complain, cry

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She was watching a cartoon of animated chickens singing, difficult to hear because of the ominous whine of an Israeli drone overhead.

From BBC

Billionaires will no doubt whine that such a tax is unfair and extortionate; it could reduce some billionaires’ wealth, for example, from $10 billion all the way down to $9.8 billion one year and around $9.6 billion the next.

From Slate

“Winners never back down from a challenge. Champions know it’s anytime, anyplace. But losers, they whine and waffle and take their ball home,” the narrator says at the start of the spot, over images of a football game and washed-out footage of Trump missing a golf putt.

From Salon

Vance's tendency to whine ad nauseam has not gone unnoticed.

From Salon

And it was something that I might whine about having again but secretly I’d always love eating it, which is sort of how it is with my daughter today.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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