Example Sentences

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As the machine drew up at the house and Kennan first stepped out, a dog’s whimperingly joyous bark of welcome struck Michael as not altogether unfamiliar. 

From Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack

Oh, Hannah," the old man said, whimperingly; "I did so want to be sure that it was there.

From Bessie's Fortune A Novel by Holmes, Mary Jane

The first thing the youth in the leggings did was to stare helplessly about him, murmuring something whimperingly in Polish.

From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)

The courtiers in the audience cried out whimperingly like frightened children and there was a great scurrying to get behind pillars.

From The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure by Breckenridge, Gerald

He lifted a foot of the black Spaniard, whose muzzle quivered whimperingly.

From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson