verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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""I'm sorry,'' she whimpered, but Richard wasn't listening.
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I found the puppy whimpering next to the front door.
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Pat whimpered with the pain of the bullet wound in his shoulder.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And then Hilda started to whimper .
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Oliver gave a small, whimpering sound, but he didn't cry.
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The minute I unleashed him, he suddenly wasn't so brave, whimpering and running in the other direction.
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The switchblade fell from his hand as he sagged to the ground, whimpering softly, his hands clutched between his legs.
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This may sound like petty whimpering, but intrusions upon the exercise of lawful freedom is no small matter.