whine
verb (used without object)
to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc..
were whining
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past progressiveof whine.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 thought they were a bunch of people with brand new music that were whining about their existence," he tells the BBC.
From BBC ● May 21, 2019
“They were whining, saying ‘We cannot visit our houses in Italy; Where we will spend our vacations?;
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2014
And both kids were whining because the clementine juice stung their fingers.
From Time ● Jan. 22, 2014
They were whining because corporations were getting their own golden tickets?
From Slate ● Jan. 1, 2012
The chaplain did not dare raise his eyes until the closed car had lurched from the area and the speeding wheels were whining on the bumpy blacktop road.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
