Example Sentences

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“When it comes to the actual re-establishment of the business, Sound Transit provides next to nothing,” he said, as babies whimpered behind his office wall at naptime.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023

Yet because he never whimpered or complained, few outside the program even knew what he had to endure.

From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2023

All through 2020, as coronavirus case numbers soared and hopes plummeted, I watched and whimpered as one monumental Beethoven tribute after another crumbled.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2020

Was it sarcasm I heard in his whimpered response?

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2019

I hugged him as he whimpered in my arms, and I could smell the poo in his pants.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals