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also whiney
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Recent Examples of whiny
My counterpoint was that Adams already has tried, but got skewered as whiny and defensive.
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Tim Graham, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The best way to explain it is to record both whiny and regular voices and then play them back.
—Debby Waldman, Parents, 29 Apr. 2025
Clad in nothing but his underwear, Joe pursues Bronte through the woods like a demon, and Badgley goes hard on making Joe sound like a teeny, whiny baby.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Actually 2 questions: 1) Do race fans, reporters, and aficionados accept vague whiny complaints from the drivers about how the car is to blame without demanding some type of backup?
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Tim Graham, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The best way to explain it is to record both whiny and regular voices and then play them back.
—Debby Waldman, Parents, 29 Apr. 2025
Clad in nothing but his underwear, Joe pursues Bronte through the woods like a demon, and Badgley goes hard on making Joe sound like a teeny, whiny baby.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Actually 2 questions: 1) Do race fans, reporters, and aficionados accept vague whiny complaints from the drivers about how the car is to blame without demanding some type of backup?
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for whiny
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiny
Adjective
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In the first piece, Belcher takes a strident approach, with deep feeling and flow.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
11 July 2025
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As the technology and its outputs become ubiquitous, AI executives have grown strident, even brazen, about the technology’s stakes.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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That’s why, in these specific situations, your doctor might recommend supplementing B12 via prescription injections or nasal gels, which bypass the GI route completely and go straight into your bloodstream.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
21 July 2025
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Liam sounds ferociously on-form, his nasal snarl infused with a malevolent purr.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.—
Bryce MillerColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2023
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Donald, Mark, Willie, Billy, and Tony — practically everyone in Hollis within shouting distance of 203rd Street was laughing at me at earsplitting volume.—
Stephen A. Smith,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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The orchestration is a touch grotesque, with the first violins given a shrill D two octaves above middle C.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Still, the shrill alarm that echoed on Friday morning as Israel announced airstrikes on neighboring Iran gave her that familiar feeling.—
Isabel Rivera,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2025
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“Whiny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiny. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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