whine
verb (used without object)
to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc..
has been whining
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present perfect progressiveof whine (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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“It’s like that mythical third space that everyone has been whining about.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
This is what he has been whining on and on about, how he wanted to take out Nawaz Sharif.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2017
The same concerns over intellectual property the music industry has been whining about for more than a decade are now about to be visited on manufactured goods as well.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2012
Guess Ad has been whining to the grandmarm not to have you.
From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
"You make me feel like a horrid little girl that has been whining."
From Judith of the Plains by Marie Manning
