Whined
[hwaɪnd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Whine
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Examples
- It was a joke, my good sir--a practical joke, nothing more, he whined incessantly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- No; but one of them was mine all the same, whined the little man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He absolutely whined and whimpered at last like a fretful child. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Sylvie watched the mood contemplative; its stillness irked her; she whined and jumped to break it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Pompey ran about and whined eagerly outside the gate, where the marks of the brougham's wheels were still to be seen. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Edited by Ellis