How to Use whining in a Sentence

whining

noun

• But the loud whining of the motor doesn’t sound out of place.
  — WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
• But the only sound from within was the faint whining of a dog.
  — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• How much of this is genuine concern for the game, and how much is self-serving whining?
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 19 May 2022
• There's no whining of a strained motor, no whiff of overheating parts.
  — Joe Ray, Wired, 15 Aug. 2021
• The soundtrack of this and every summer is my incessant whining to the beat of a whirring fan.
  — Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
• As seen and heard this week at the SEC spring meetings, the whining over that has not ceased.
  — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 30 May 2025
• My mother’s patience was constantly put to the test by my brother’s and my constant whining.
  — Palabra, oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2022
• Twice a year there’s the whining and tantrums, like children who are being forced to get up an hour earlier or go to bed an hour later.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Mar. 2022
• Or that their child’s whims, extreme whining, or a physical demonstration of their tantrum should be overlooked.
  — Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024
• That’s okay, no whining (hopefully the cheap shots by Leafs silence the Stolarz criers at least).
  — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 May 2025
• Ultimately, Janice tells Ross that his whining is too much and ditches him.
  — Victoria Edel, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
• At first Zeus resisted, but Cepheus wore him down with all his whining and crying and not being able to take it anymore.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
• When Clark broke Maravich’s record (and in the run-up before), the social-media whining began.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
• Tail wagging, happy whining, and excited greetings when your husband comes home tell me Eddie likes him.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2026
• Anticipate and Remind There's no reason to wait for the whining to happen.
  — Debby Waldman, Parents, 29 Apr. 2025
• At low speeds through the town of Imola and villages beyond it, the most prominent sound is the whining of the rear differential.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 18 May 2026
• That broader perspective may explain why Hamlin’s criticisms rarely sound like post-race whining.
  — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
• Give me more of Esther’s enthusiastic screaming and less of Emy’s whining!
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2021
• Rear-seat occupants get a wide center armrest, an adjustable backrest, and reading lamps—all of which should keep the whining and fighting to a minimum.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
• For all my whining, though, these categories are so challenging precisely because our city is so incredibly rich with phenomenal choices.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2024
• But there is a whining in the land, tales of woe about how prices are too high for essentials like food, rent, gas and a whole list of other things that have come to define the ideal quality of life in America.
  — Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2024
• All of this self-indulgent whining, by the way, is going on while Pippa is supposed to be supporting Bree at her photography exhibit.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
• Despite the unseemly whining from Altitude, who botched these negotiations long ago, there are no victims in the TV dispute other than fans.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 27 July 2020
• They are joined by a college intern (Jordan Pearson) who does his best to tune out their whining by working with headphones on, trying not to roll his eyes every time someone asks him to run to the vending machine.
  — Terry Byrne, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022
• Concerns about Feinstein’s role in the upcoming confirmation process are not some petty, factional whining of disgruntled leftists.
  — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 24 Sep. 2020
• There was fast, percussive guitar strumming; earworm riffs; frenetic drumming; and melodies full of stadium-ready sing-along moments, delivered in a nasal style that flirted with whining and sometimes crossed over into yelling.
  — Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 28 July 2023
• As the Dodgers officially welcomed their latest gazillionaire pitcher to a remodeling Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, the churning of the bulldozers in the infield was momentarily drowned out by the whining around the baseball world.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024