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Meanings of whiny in English
Synonyms
Examples for "whining"
Examples for "whining"
1
LINDA: 'If you think whining will solve anything, be my guest, but-
2
As we approached the station the guide said in his whining German:
3
Outside in the atrocious cold the whining malamutes crept nearer and nearer.
4
It stopped at the prison gate, sniffing and whining and begging in.
5
Stop whining and be happy that he wants your hand at all.
1
Only young William was fretful, wanting to join the remaining United men.
2
The girl in the bed turned a fretful face toward her mother:
3
I had lived in California for seven years but had become fretful.
4
He could hear the sweet, rather fretful voice calling from the shadows:
5
She does nothing but indulge in fretful regrets over her broken health.
1
The question came out in the half-querulous, half-humorous voice of Detta Walker.
2
Her father is crippled and querulous; indeed he is often exceedingly irritable.
3
It is wilfully that we are querulous in nature, and not naturally.
4
In 1698 prosperity and security had made men querulous, fastidious and unmanageable.
5
Occasionally we caught the loud, querulous notes of the great crested flycatcher.
1
I mean, what if you get all grabby and whiney on me?
2
Fiona's in a whiney mood because Mum can't afford her new netball boots.
3
Outside, I heard the whiney buzz of an outboard motor on the Oconaluftee River.
4
My own whiney voice began to echo around my head.
5
And his whiney cry makes the whole house blue-
Usage of whiny in English
1
It lifted with a whiny squeak, obviously complaining from lack of use.
2
It was a plea, she'd never heard his voice so whiny before.
3
He pulled up short, crying out in despair, making small, whiny noises.
4
But you also have to deal with whiny kids and lecherous adults.
5
If Nikki came back at him whiny or defensive, she'd be finished.
6
There was an electric wailing sound in the distance, high-pitched and whiny.
7
She might be whiny, and snippy, and crabby, but she's no killer.
8
Always the same thin, ratty face, shabby, out-of-date clothes, whiny, penetrating voice.
9
And, if he wins, liberals will be very whiny and hilarious losers.
10
I swear, it's like working with a bunch of whiny little children.
11
This whiny girl is still alive because he doesn't do stupid crap.
12
Instead of stepping up, I just acted like a whiny, ridiculous idiot.
13
I'm important,' Hektor said in a mockingly high and whiny voice.
14
The problem is that too often feminism is whiny and depressing.
15
First time I ever heard your whiny voice, I wanted to lick you.
16
Conversation was a persistent background hum, children calling out in their whiny voices.
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