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Meanings of whining in English

Fretful.

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        Whining.

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                Usage of whining in English
                1
                LINDA: 'If you think whining will solve anything, be my guest, but-
                Finders Keepers
                2
                As we approached the station the guide said in his whining German:
                The Man with the Clubfoot
                3
                Outside in the atrocious cold the whining malamutes crept nearer and nearer.
                The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
                4
                It stopped at the prison gate, sniffing and whining and begging in.
                Heralds of Empire / Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieu...
                5
                Stop whining and be happy that he wants your hand at all.
                The frog princess
                6
                The huskies faced the direction of the sounds, moving restlessly and whining.
                Kazan
                7
                Martin heard a faint whining noise-perhapstheir craft singing through Sleep's atmosphere.
                Anvil of stars
                8
                She took another small step forward, her armor whining when she moved.
                Caliban's War
                9
                Why-ing in a man is as inexcusable as whining in a woman.
                How It Happened
                10
                A whining song about love gained and lost played from hidden speakers.
                Running scared
                11
                The children at the end of the table are crying and whining.
                Robin and ruby
                12
                The whiner only continues because whining has paid off in the past.
                Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
                13
                The entire global economy collapsed in an undignified heap, whimpering and whining.
                A colossal failure of common sense: the inside story of the coll...
                14
                That's something the staff at Walter Reed has no patience for: whining.
                Gunn's golden rules
                15
                Davis fell to the floor in a heap, where he lay whining.
                The Boy Allies Under the Sea; Or, The Vanishing Submarines
                16
                Stop whining about everything, stop turning it into a nightmare for everyone.
                Lightning
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                Whining through the time
                Whining across language varieties
                United States of America
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                United Kingdom
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