whimper
verb (used without object)
to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
whimperer
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a word derived from
whimper.
Example Sentences
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He felt that he was within an ace of a panic, and not so far, after all, from that whimperer his neighbour.
From Ensign Knightley and Other Stories by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
What a cowardly whimperer that other Rector was!
From Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore by Arthur Livingston
Miss Tabby is our housekeeper; the best creature, but the greatest whimperer in existence.
From Cruel As The Grave by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Now you know me as well as I know myself: a fool, but consistent in his folly; and, as I will ask you to believe, neither a whimperer nor a coward.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dowson was, let us say not mockingly, the boyish whimperer in song.
From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Marsden Hartley
