whinny
verb (used without object)
to utter the characteristic cry of a horse; neigh.
had whinnied
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past perfectof whinny.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The indifferent air of this servant allowed me to assume that the handsome stables, where of old so many horses had whinnied, now sheltered two at most.
From Honorine by Honoré de Balzac
The black stallion had whinnied once or twice during this time and the great black, shaggy dog had come snarling and whining about the feet of his master.
From The Night Horseman by Max Brand
It had whinnied with pleasure as he came up to it, and he stood patting it for some time, and giving it some dates.
From At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Before he turned I slid over the mouth of the shaft down into the hayrack of the old brute who had whinnied.
From Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger by John Masefield
No, she remembered both Calico and Caliph had whinnied as she went by their stalls.
From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Lily Munsell Ritchie
