Example Sentences

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Possibly that’s because New Yorkers already do such a bang-up job of whinging about their own city that they don’t need an assist from professional comedians.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

A universal principle of politics is that whinging is not an effective substitute for organization.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022

All the whinging about the toxic social media landscape is due to the belief that Twitter is actual communication, rather than a useless platform that delivers zingers, not argument or well-thought out ideas.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2017

“The number of times the producer shouted at us, ‘This is what you signed up for,’ whenever we were whinging – and we did whinge.”

From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2017

Why you cry? till Mam is at me again.Your sister is sick in my arms and you’re there whining and whinging.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt