whine
verb (used without object)
to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc..
Example Sentences
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The whiningly nasal caricature makes it harder to credit Atticus’s plea that his kids find it in their hearts to understand downtrodden Bob.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2022
He instructs Banquo's murderers with a flat naturalism that echoes the White House tapes, then whiningly rationalizes his supposed invincibility while twiddling a now useless dagger.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I’m getting to that,” she says, almost whiningly.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
By this time the yameni-runners are quaking with fear; he of the paper parasol and jade-stone pipe walks beside me, convulsively clutching my arm, and with whiningly anxious voice shouts out orders to his subordinate.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
"I'm not a fightin' man," he whiningly explained.
From Smoke Bellew by Jack London
