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as in whining
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Recent Examples of whiny
Some students concede this can sound whiny, and that they can be pushy.
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Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
The long-term teacher can’t pretend to care about his whiny students anymore and uses a seemingly routine parent’s complaint as an excuse to get canned.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
In defense of whiny Joey King, that does seem like a lot.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
Of course, the girls are extra whiny and L. ends up needing her diaper changed at 12:58 p.m.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 29 July 2024
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Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
The long-term teacher can’t pretend to care about his whiny students anymore and uses a seemingly routine parent’s complaint as an excuse to get canned.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
In defense of whiny Joey King, that does seem like a lot.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
Of course, the girls are extra whiny and L. ends up needing her diaper changed at 12:58 p.m.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 29 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiny
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Being loud, being strident, making your point at the top of your lungs has become an American style of behavior everywhere, transforming even a pleasant little corner bistro into a frenzied circus of blasting sound, which, studies have shown, can cause hearing damage in those who work in them.John Mariani, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Some candidates have echoed Newsom with a strident tone.Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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Medications like acetaminophen and ibuprofen can help with pressure caused by nasal swelling, Seibert said.Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 23 Dec. 2024
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As the object of this scrutiny, Chalamet is suitably magnetic, doing his own nasal singing and emanating an untested certainty in the spotlight that gradually solidifies into swagger.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.Bryce MillerColumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
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In Soledar, an old salt mining town, earsplitting explosions crack in every direction.Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2022
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Like, watched it all the way through from the shrill opening filled with obnoxious kids to the leadenly staged slapstick climax?Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Further down the road, another piper — just playing to play — is sending his shrill notes out into the night sky.Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
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“Whiny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiny. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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