as in moan
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
the perennial whine that movies aren't as good as they used to be
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as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
for the whole of our vacation, the kids whined on and on about the weather
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Recent Examples of whine
Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
Mamet is the series’ comic highlight, ping-ponging between tantrums, whines and sickly-sweet pleas with the volatility of an overgrown toddler; Jackson’s Misia receives these outbursts with an obeisance that is eventually pushed to the point of breaking.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2024
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
Those signs might include a tense or stiff posture, shaking, shivering, guarding food or toys, hiding, destructive behavior or howling and whining more than usual.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Reports of this plan were toasted by professional cynics with a similar whine.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
Mamet is the series’ comic highlight, ping-ponging between tantrums, whines and sickly-sweet pleas with the volatility of an overgrown toddler; Jackson’s Misia receives these outbursts with an obeisance that is eventually pushed to the point of breaking.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2024
Verb
Han then used a tuning fork that was set to the tone that is produced by a flies’ whining wings.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
Those signs might include a tense or stiff posture, shaking, shivering, guarding food or toys, hiding, destructive behavior or howling and whining more than usual.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whine
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The ultimate effect is paradoxical: the more that Valéry eliminates the ghost of pain and passion from the logical machinery of his work, the starker and more affecting the moans and cries of the ghost become.Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Against Notre Dame, the collective moan in the Coliseum with yet another last-minute loss because of Riley’s poor play calling was the breaking point for this lifelong Trojan.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Girding for battle at USC Pay is at the center of union organizing at USC, where non-tenure track professors complain of semester-to-semester contracts with little job security, minimal or nonexistent raises and moves by the university to cut benefits.Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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If corporate leaders complain about these directives’ effects on their bottom lines, Trump’s team could force CISA to scale back its use of this authority.Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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In September 2017, the complaint states, Rasekhi arrived unannounced at the patient’s home.Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Central to their complaints is the 2025 Charter Agreement, which the plaintiffs claim consolidates power within the France family, the owners of NASCAR.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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This mix of bright green, blue, pink, and pink in a chrome finish by celebrity nail artist Britney Tokyo just screams NYE party.Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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Over nearly 24 hours on July 4, 2022, Santiago heard muffled thuds and screams from the adjacent cell.Christie Thompson, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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But these laments seemed to reach a crescendo during the Biden administration, which was seen as too focused on the United States’ growing rivalry with Beijing and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East to devote even minimal bandwidth to its southern neighbors.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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Opponents lament diverting taxpayer funding from public schools to private ones and point to examples of misuse of funds, like buying dune buggies.Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024
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The accompanying dispenser easily slices through tape to create clean lines without fuss, and a high volume of positive shopper ratings have earned this tape an impressive 4.3-star rating.Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
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One other final point is that a lot of fuss was made over the female protagonists in Witch from Mercury.Ollie Barder, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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The Destroyers are the more controversial picks — wired to disrupt existing institutions, and acting on smoldering grievances against the organizations they've been picked to lead.Axios, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
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Donald Trump’s voters were motivated by white grievance, except for the people of color who were motivated by economic anxiety; ultimately, the main issue was the patriarchy, exacerbated by misinformation on long-form podcasts, although of course Harris should have gone on Rogan.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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If this is his last stint behind the camera, however, a legendary career ends with more of a whimper than a bang.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Oct. 2024
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The Last Dance goes out with neither a bang nor a whimper, simply a farewell.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Whine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whine. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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