whimper
verb (used without object)
to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
were whimpering
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past progressiveof whimper.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“I look out the kitchen window and all I see are flames. There were dogs in the back, from the neighbors in the back, that were whimpering and crying.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
And here all of them were whimpering and cowering, spooked by one doe.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Some of them were whimpering and some were praying fervently, whilst a few were silent, in a sort of dazed bewilderment.
From Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page
Half a dozen mongrel hounds were whimpering and snarling and growling round the lady, but not attempting to bite.
From The MS. in a Red Box by John Arthur Hamilton
There should be fair play in a fair field, if he could only keep a grip upon these others that were whimpering and shivering and straining at the leash.
From 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers by Ernest Gambier-Parry
