whimper
verb (used without object)
to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
have whimpered
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present perfectof whimper.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Now any other woman,” exclaimed the little doctor admiringly, “would have whimpered right out, and carried on dreadfully at the least sign of trouble coming to her boy.”
From Five Little Peppers at School by Hermann Heyer
Whether she was hurt or not nobody knew, for if the comb had extracted hair by the handful she would not have whimpered.
From Two Arrows A Story of Red and White by William Osborn Stoddard
"Why, ma, he went and took the very piece of meat I just said I was going to have," whimpered Archie, digging his fists into his eyes.
From Elsie's children by Martha Finley
