whimper
verb (used without object)
to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
had whimpered
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past perfectof whimper.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The cattle had taken refuge in the big shed, and even old Nap, in spite of his thick Coat, had whimpered at the door to be let in.
From Purple Springs by Nellie L. McClung
Once, when scaling the Black Mesa toward this very Snow Lake, they had whimpered and begged to be sent home, declaring no enemy was there in hiding, when the peaks were found alive with Tontos.
From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Frederic Remington
The babe had whimpered in her bee-gum crib, a crib that the proud young father had fashioned from a hollowed log in which wild bees had once stored their honey.
From Blue Ridge Country by Erskine Caldwell
That night she had been paler than Mrs. Chic herself; she had whimpered more than Mrs. Chic.
From The Triflers by Frederick Orin Bartlett
Yes—the poor little Lions laughed—it was all they could do, unless they had whimpered, and promised not to offend again.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
