How to Use whine in a Sentence

whine

1 of 2 verb

• The electric saw whined as it cut through the wood.
• The workers were whining that the office was too cold.
• The dog was whining because it wanted to go out.
• He's always whining about the weather.
• Quit whining and finish your dinner.
• The players liked it and the haters hated it and whined their heads off.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2018
• The leader rears up, whining with pain, and slaps her to the floor again.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018
• Don’t whine too much, just pick up the pieces and get going again.
  — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 14 Sep. 2017
• And his job isn't to whine about it, his job is to do something about it.
  — Stephen Collinson With Caitlin Hu, CNN, 28 June 2020
• Democrats whine that the wealthy will enjoy the lion’s share of Trump’s tax cuts.
  — Deroy Murdock, National Review, 6 Oct. 2017
• If any of them would whine or cry or bark the moose would trample them.
  — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2022
• The girl knows better than to whine about a stomach ache.
  — Rebecca Curtis, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
• The stillness was shattered by its whining clatter and the buzz of the prop.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
• One day, the pup was whining at the front door and started pacing back and forth.
  — Hilary Shenfeld, PEOPLE.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• But will kids whine about it (other than for their own Yes Day)?
  — Kimber Myers, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2021
• Just stood a few feet away and whined, the fur on his back standing up in one prickling ridge.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 23 Oct. 2019
• Fessy is left alone in the volcano to whine like a petulant child.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2021
• Nothing can ruin a run like a whining child who wants to get out of the seat!
  — Jessica Booth, Parents, 10 July 2023
• Don't whine, and don't be the one who complains about everything.
  — Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2022
• Everyone is whining about what a catch is, and what a catch is not.
  — The Tylt, cleveland.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• Winches whined as the hangar rolled back, and the sub was moved along tracks and then out of its cradle, pinning it against a bumper at the stern of the ship.
  — Susan Casey, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2019
• As the engines sputter and whine on the prison transport plane Jailbird.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
• If the Americans wanted to whine about their fate at the World Cup, there would be plenty of cause.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 22 June 2019
• Not just squeaky-wheelers in their district who have them on speed-dial and whine each time the wind shifts.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 19 May 2021
• Don’t whine to me about Barack Obama flying to Hawaii for Christmas.
  — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 25 Mar. 2017
• The Nats whined incessantly to referees and their style was straight out of the 1940s.
  — Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 11 May 2018
• If this woman opens her heart to her dog, her husband and son will soon be whining that the dog prefers her to them.
  — The Oregonian/oregonlive, al, 3 May 2019
• The electric screwdriver whined, stopped, and whined again.
  — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• My kids are little and prone to whining during long hikes.
  — Kerry Fischer Milch, Philly.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• Dentists have seen their fair share of tantrums so don’t be embarrassed if your child lashes out or whines once in the chair.
  — Bevone Ritchie, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024

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whine

2 of 2 noun

• Lay your thumb on the maple lid, and the purr turns into a whine.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 7 Feb. 2023
• On the road, the pets rise at 5:30 a.m. and oink (Daisy) or whine (the pugs) until Minor wakes.
  — Nora McGreevy, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• My dad could hear the fire's approach, a sound like the high whine of a jet engine.
  — Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2017
• The birds grow louder in the pines, the whine of insects audible.
  — Jenna Russell, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2019
• Ain't nobody got time to get drunk and whine about freshmen.
  — Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 9 Nov. 2015
• Expect a whine from the center if someone has to sit there.
  — Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
• In fact, the fathoms are full of sound: the clicks and whines of dolphins and whales, the low rumble of distant earthquakes, the scrape of tsunamis on the seafloor.
  — Hazlitt, 23 Nov. 2022
• The world blurs; the audio whines; Joel can’t so much as flex his fingers toward his gun.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 19 Feb. 2023
• Bullets rattled on the streets and glanced off with ugly whines.
  — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
• The motor protests, in a whine, throughout uphill legs.
  — Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2018
• Pups at that age wake up every few hours to whine and paw any warm body within reach.
  — James Gorman, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
• So far, its players appear to prefer to win than to whine.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 1 Jan. 2022
• Perhaps one day, all the sage grouse will hear out on the lek is the quiet whine of a fembot turning its head.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 1 June 2018
• Some folks say the high-pitched whine gets tiresome and their inch-long length is imposing.
  — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 4 May 2017
• With the press of a green button, Sam Bruneau’s snowmobile sprung silently to life and took off at a low whine.
  — Tik Root, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2022
• The whine of her treadmill, maybe, or the thuds and murmurs of apartment life in Macomb County, Mich.
  — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2021
• Alleys are empty of the whine of , the snapping banners of tour guides have fallen silent.
  — Tom Kington, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2020
• Never have to hear that horrible whine of the dental drill again!
  — Jennifer Welsh, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2010
• Then most of us wandered back to our tents to wait and listen for the whine of returning machines.
  — Neil Shea, National Geographic, 21 Aug. 2019
• Other effects include the whine of a mouth organ and slaps of piano and harp strings.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 22 June 2023
• The onstage Ball, the chess master of comic timing with the rubbery face and the first-rate whine, shows up in micro-spurts.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2021
• The torpid silence was punctuated by the slow whine of air-raid sirens—and by crows.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
• Even a daydreamy young girl had a hard time locating the divine over the glare of blacktop and the whine of power tools.
  — Sara Eckel, Longreads, 1 June 2018
• There’s never room to go wide-open for longer than a couple seconds, as the straights just vanish while the gear whine from the diffs ramps up in pitch.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2022
• Turning down the dirt runway, Zdarsky opened up the throttle, and with a fierce whine, the Skyhawk surged forward, streaking across the desert.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
• The dog may not continually bark, whine or pace while the handler is out of sight.
  — Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 Mar. 2021
• Keep in mind that this mini stand mixer took on a high-pitched whine when mixing dense dough types like bread dough.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2022
• Sadly, these high-pitched whines almost make Giuliani's line of rhetoric seem like progress.
  — Jack Holmes, Esquire, 8 Feb. 2016
• The scene was still eerie: the gloom, the heat, the whispering, the low, insistent whine of the jet engine, the mass of dim faces crowded so close together.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
• The storm passed quickly, and in its aftermath, the whine of chainsaws vibrated throughout the neighborhoods that were hit hardest.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024