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whimper

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verb

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Recent Examples of whimper
Noun
Sign up for Axios Latino Dan Primack Dec 31, 2024 - Business Stocks finish strong 2024 with a whimper Stocks soared in 2024, despite a rough final week that wiped out the S&P 500's post-election rally. Felix Salmon, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025 The final horn sounded, mercifully, the players shook hands, and the Aztecs shuffled off the floor, through a tunnel and into the quiet of their locker room, their season ending with a whimper instead of a bang. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
My partner came home from work to find a sullen child whimpering in his room. Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025 My poor mother was reduced to a whimpering mess . . . Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for whimper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whimper
Noun
  • Roxy doesn't take her eyes from the screen, and when Aishah turns the camera to show what's happening in the movie, Roxy can be heard making a noise somewhere between a growl and a whine.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Inside the fence, the atmosphere was oddly peaceful, and sometimes so quiet that the loudest noise was the whine of an overhead drone.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • Kids at school have always cried over the tragic loss of a fellow student, and girls in the audience would weep as a ritual part of Beatlemania.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 June 2025
  • Last week, Jane cried throughout her testimony, leaving the witness box in tears after recounting a seemingly never-ending freak-off during what was supposed to be a romantic, one-on-one birthday celebration with Combs in 2023.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • Patterson complained about her in-laws behind their backs Erin and Simon Patterson got married in 2007 and, after splitting and reconciling multiple times over the years, separated permanently in 2015.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 June 2025
  • Occasionally, drivers call the CHP to complain — especially during rush hour.
    Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • There's a push, and suddenly, a newborn's first cry replaces the mother's moans.
    Laura Gómez, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The eyes start rolling and the moans come out when dudes get super gooned.
    Mikelle Street, Them., 6 May 2025
Verb
  • Elliotte smiled wide for the camera, and Bennett was pictured sobbing.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 19 May 2025
  • Inside the cathedral, Amalia Cruzado, 52, silently sobbed in the pews, her arms outstretched.
    Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • Leonardo DiCaprio’s screaming to the top of his lungs.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
  • Medvedev added, including an emoji of a screaming face.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • That’s the first time taxes have topped the list of complaints since December 2020.
    Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • The complaint argues that CAA’s trade secrets are essential to making the company — and the industry — run.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 10 June 2025
Verb
  • In turn, Bao Li — the social one, the zoo noted — happily bleated back.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 20 May 2025
  • Sheep were bleating, kicking, and being hurled in all directions.
    Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025

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“Whimper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whimper. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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