whimper
verb (used without object)
to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
has been whimpering
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present perfect progressiveof whimper (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"She has been whimpering half a dozen times, at the very notion of it, already to me."
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
