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
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
“What about, now?” gayly demanded Sybil, who felt not the slightest degree of alarm on account of Miss Tabby, knowing that lady to be a constitutional and habitual whimperer.
From Cruel As The Grave by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
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
I never did have no use for a whimperer.
From Miss Gibbie Gault by Kate Langley Bosher
