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as in complaining
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as in whiny
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as in crying
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as in screaming
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 whining
Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 5 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
John Tamny, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Now the GOP is a joke, having completely lost its way by aligning itself to the whims, conspiracies, lies and the whining of Mr. Trump.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 5 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
Verb
Most notable, however, is that complaints about Paul Pelosi’s trades amount to whining about symptoms, not the real problem.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Whining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whining. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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