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How to use whine in a sentence

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You can whine all you want about the way men treat you, but it's the challenge of obtaining the unobtainable that thrills you.
A faint, high pitched whine grew and began to pulse through the ship, a counterpoint to the deeper thunder of the turbines.
After midday a perceptible rise in wind force was accompanied by an ominous whine.
Conservatives will probably whine about the film painting the military in a bad light.
The eerie sound of the air passing through wing feathers differs with each bird, from a low treble, to a high whistle, to one sirenlike whine.
The tremble of torpedoes and guns and the whine of planes sounded from somewhere far above.
He woke them up with a shout for attention that made the amplifiers screech and whine.
The shrill whine and unbearable thunder of falling bombs dug in under my skin and stayed there.
A high-frequency whine electrifies the track throughout while several multi-tracked guitars try to cough up a creaky melody.
I couldn't look at them, all I could do was whine and snivel and cry like a stupid, stupid baby.
After all the man had done for him, how could he whine and snivel and ask for more, dragging him down with demands?
He could play for her any musical instrument, knew all music by heart, all birdsong, the purr, growl, snort, or whine of each and every animal.
Alexei Sayle would adopt a maudlin, nostalgic whine and a watery half-smile as he recalled the glories of the music hall.
It's not a one-sided conversation where I continually whine about how much wearing pink sucks or something, but he really contributes.
With a whine, the hydraulic clamps extended, moving the severely damaged chassis walls down to the floor.
A low-pitched whine began to fill the air and Meridia's hair and clothes floated as if she was submersed in water.
During playtime, the purebred German shepherd will run circles around anyone wearing sealskin and whine for a chew.
You whine about hypertensives and diabetics, but some time calculate how much you make treating them.
The penetrating whine of the fighter-bombers and the blast of the missiles overwhelm my brain, robbing me of both understanding and psyche.
Are these the same IT managers who waste significant resources on useless pet projects, then whine that their budget is not big enough?
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Examples from Classical Literature
At first he had growled with crossness, but now he began to whine from frightenness.
There was not a sound save the whine of the wind in the wires as the plane sped on.
They were halfway out on the reef when the plane leveled out of its dive with an earsplitting whine.
Had you succumbed to the blows of fate with a whine of texts upon your lips?
The man was giving vent to a kind of ululating cry, weakened now almost to a whine that rose and fell with the motion of his legs.
His bird-dog lay on the mat outside the door and sprang forward with a joyous whine to meet him.
Little, dried-up geezer with a nose like a kit-fox's and a whine to his voice.
But if he summonses me I will go Al and not whine about getting a raw deal.
Their whine rushed in at my open window with a vigor that proved them no tyros.
The whine of the distant machine rose in pitch until it passed the limit of audibility.
With a whine of remonstrance it swung wider, and Crane stepped out on the sidewalk.
The whine had changed to a sort of humming purr that seemed to come from every quarter of the compass.
The general tenor of the sound was a kind of swooping, batlike whine.
The cubs heard him, and, thinking that it was their mother who returned, began to whine and purr for food.
In roar of shell and shrapnel and in whine of machine-guns will our answer be couched.
Nobs braced himself with all four feet to keep from slipping into the scuppers and looked up into my face with a questioning whine.
Do not whine or snuffle, but get ahead in the world while you can.
Shallow speakers and shallow thinkers in pulpits and on platforms often talk about the world's worship of pleasure, and whine against it.
He pressed the infrared switch and heard the dynamo whine softly.
Against the scene a jazz band flung a whine and a stumble of tinny sounds.
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