Example Sentences

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They had gone toe-to-toe for more than three hours, neither had cracked, neither had whined about their mistakes or the other’s good shots.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2021

Pax had whined and chewed at the rope the rest of the afternoon.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

He did not seem to be the same man that had whined and growled at their last audience a week before.

From The Mad King by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

A heavy had whined into the yard just as a runner essayed a blind rush.

From Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry by Blicq, A. Stanley

"What can I do!" he had whined then.

From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert