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How to pronounce whine in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms creak, screak, screech, skreak, squeak
Type of resound, make noise, noise
Type Words
Synonyms grizzle, yammer, yawp
Type of plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch, kick, complain
Verb group snivel
Derivation whiner
Type Words
Synonyms snivel
Type of verbalise, verbalize, utter, mouth, speak, talk
Verb group grizzle, yammer, yawp
Derivation whiner
Type Words
Synonyms whimper
Type of complaint
Derivation whiney, whiny
Type Words
Type of travel, move, locomote, go

Examples of whine

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I couldn't propose myself given that I had, in effect, done so with every whine.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Sounds are delicious and there's not a single dodgy rattle or whine in evidence.
From the cars.uk.msn.com
It's like we acknowledge the similarities but still whine about the differences.
From the businessweek.com
Had nightingales sung back then over the whine of bullets and thud of artillery?
From the independent.co.uk
Why do liberals whine about jobs when you cannot get a lick of work out of them?
From the orlandosentinel.com
He let out a small whine, took one long breath, and just like that, he was gone.
From the sfgate.com
Yet you and the other goons on here like to continue to whine like little girls.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Do we sit here and whine about how this party did this, and that party did that?
From the dailyherald.com
It's then that the hollow, flat whine tells you that you're making it work hard.
From the latimes.com
More examples
  • Whimper: a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
  • Move with a whining sound; "The bullets were whining past us"
  • Snivel: talk in a tearful manner
  • Make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise"
  • Complain whiningly
  • Whine is an album by Scorn, originally released in 1997 on Invisible Records in the United States, and KK Records in Europe.
  • A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound; a complaint or criticism; to utter a whine; to complain or protest in a childish manner or about trivial things
  • (whining) gerund of whine
  • (whines) (also known as Josef Ricketts) is an artist. He lives in Austin, Texas, U.S.A., with his partner, Spotty Logic. His fursona is a coyote.