Example Sentences

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It is impossible to believe that this callow whinger has any relation to the iconic villain of the original trilogy.’

From The Guardian • May 22, 2020

The man we encounter here is a ninny, a whinger, a tantrum-throwing dilettante, “hopelessly thin-skinned . . . naïve and resentful.”

From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2017

Lonergan is a notorious whinger on the set, freely admitting how less than thrilled he is with the day-to-day process of directing.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2016

The 36-year-old Froch, who does not have time on his side, has spent the past three months calling Groves "a whinger".

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2014

It will not bear further reflection; so, Hamish, out with your whinger, and carve him a dish fit for the gods—in a style worthy of Sir Tristrem, Gill Morice, Robin Hood, or Lord Ranald.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde