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
My young friend really set his shoulder to the wheel, and did not call upon Hercules whiningly.
From Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 by Richard Henry Bonnycastle
"What do you want me to do"? he said, not whiningly, for beneath the selfish flesh and shallow outworks there were the elements of a warrior—all pulpy now, but they were there.
From Pierre and His People, [Tales of the Far North], Complete by Gilbert Parker
