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Recent Examples of whine
Noun
Fritz revved the engine, a desperate, needling whine, and the vessel lurched down the airstrip, the chute billowing awake behind him. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 Families fall asleep to the thump of nearby airstrikes and the constant whine of an Israeli drone overhead. Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
Verb
The Broncos, through planting stories with sources, could have whined about not having a bye after London, always the preference, especially for a team west of the Mississippi River. Troy Renck, Denver Post, 16 May 2025 In the wake of Aaron Gordon hitting a couple of game-winners in the playoffs, there were some disgruntled Magic fans mindlessly whining earlier this week that Orlando traded Gordon to the Denver Nuggets four years ago. Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for whine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whine
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
  • 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
  • The complaint argues that CAA’s trade secrets are essential to making the company — and the industry — run.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 10 June 2025
  • That’s the first time taxes have topped the list of complaints since December 2020.
    Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 10 June 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
  • His greatest fear is losing his Michelin star – a cause for lament, mental health crises and, sometimes, murder.
    Tulasi Srinivas, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
  • That is both the cautionary tale and the lament of Behind the Badge, Answering the Call to Serve on America’s Homefront by Johnny Joey Jones.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • But the city was overrun with his target audience—white progressives, left-leaning university faculty, and impressionable students who could be counted on to kick up a fuss.
    Deborah Baker June 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
  • And even if House RINOs make a fuss, Senate conservatives would have the president’s bully pulpit as the enforcer to help get the entire party into line.
    Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • No grievance, real or imagined, can ever justify harming innocent lives.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
  • His abrasive style eventually wore thin — the kids were grown up with kids of their own and no longer needed browbeating and grievances aired in press conferences.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • After 19 years, the concert hall went out Friday night not with a whimper but a twang.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Romance ends not with a bang but a whimper on Patty Loveless' strummy, somber torch song: a ring on the pillow, a key left in the door, and a Dear John note in the kitchen next to the grocery list.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025

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

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