noun
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A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
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A complaint or criticism
verb
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To utter a high-pitched cry.
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To make a sound resembling such a cry.
example
The jet engines whined at take off.
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To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine.
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To move with a whining sound.
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The jet whined into the air.
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To utter with the sound of a whine.
example
Kelly Queen was whining that the boss made him put on his tie.
Examples of whine in a Sentence
The whine in her voice made him cringe.
Then I could whine.
Then a woman's loud groans and the high-pitched whine of a drill filled the corridor.
The hum in the air became a whine almost too loud to bear.
The windows rattled and Larry heard a high-pitched whine somewhere behind him.
A telephone earpiece, perhaps with a cardboard horn attached to it, emitted an electronic buzz or whine.
Since the cars are high performance machines, you'll hear them whine to a crescendo, then pop the exhaust as if it's backfiring.
The obelisk groaned, and the hum in the air became a whine almost too loud to bear.
The gearbox is very noisy in first, a loud whine... " yes they all do that " the dealer tells me.
It puts out a constant little whine which I for one find very annoying.
On the track, you'll feel every bump and dip in the road and hear every whine to your engine and each tire rolling on the road.
It includes diverse terrain and a climate that gets more than its fair share of cool Pacific air and moist bone-chilling fog, the kind of weather that inspired Mark Twain to whine about summers in San Francisco.
Most parents who have more than one young child have heard a whine similar to, "Mommy and Daddy, can I sleep in Johnny's room tonight?"
As they are started their whine adds another note to the increasing din.
We sit as the hydraulic motors hum and whine on our mount.
He was a runt of a man with a nasal whine that could drive anyone to distraction.
Don't whine to your spouse about your whining child.
The short bark that is almost a whine means "Hey, I have to relieve myself right now!"
Changelings whine and screech and consistently irritate their human families, and they have an appetite that can't be satisfied.
The only sound was a barely audible whine from the turbo.
Next the Mac started to emit a high pitched whine.
Do n't whine to your spouse about your whining your child.
They 're like people who leave their keys in their cars and whine when they get stolen.
Alex tried to disentangle Destiny, but she held on tight and started to whine.
On many occasions, when he wants something (and I am speaking honestly here), he will whine or bark until I give him what he wants.
The whine of a straggling hound could be heard.