whine
verb (used without object)
to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc..
have been whining
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present perfect progressiveof whine.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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In fact, the language historian Dennis Baron pointed out recently that Brits have been whining about "Americanisms" at least since 1781, when John Witherspoon coined the term.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2011
For years business owners like me have been whining and moaning for someone to do something about this mess.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 6, 2010
My high school friends would still have been whining over boyfriends and fighting for carhop jobs at the A&W. Their idea of a dog-eat-dog world was Beauty School.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
She might still have been whining about that, except her cousin’s bat mitzvah had been so much fun.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
"Then my situation is nothing, and I have been whining like a school-boy before I was half whipped!" exclaimed the Illinoisan.
From The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 by Henry Morford
