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as in complaining
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as in whiny
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as in crying
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as in screaming
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
for the whole of our vacation, the kids whined on and on about the weather
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Recent Examples of whining
Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2024
For people such as former Secretary of Education William Bennett, Obama's election meant that an era of racial whining sanctioned by the excesses of the civil rights and black nationalist movements had ended.
—Jonathan Holloway, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2014
Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Han then used a tuning fork that was set to the tone that is produced by a flies’ whining wings.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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Noun
For all my whining, though, these categories are so challenging precisely because our city is so incredibly rich with phenomenal choices.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2024
For people such as former Secretary of Education William Bennett, Obama's election meant that an era of racial whining sanctioned by the excesses of the civil rights and black nationalist movements had ended.
—Jonathan Holloway, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2014
Verb
As the Dodgers officially welcomed their latest gazillionaire pitcher to a remodeling Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, the churning of the bulldozers in the infield was momentarily drowned out by the whining around the baseball world.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
Han then used a tuning fork that was set to the tone that is produced by a flies’ whining wings.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Whining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whining. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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