whimper
verb (used without object)
to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
will whimper
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future tenseof whimper.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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"The time is coming when one will no longer be able to read or write, when a few mandarins will whimper secrets to each other," he told the assembled academicians.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the Mulgars of Munza see anything strange or unknown, they will whimper to one another, as they stand with eyes fixed, "Sōōtli, Sōōtli, Sōōtli," or some such sound.
From The Three Mulla-mulgars by Walter De la Mare
