Sentence examples for whimpering from inspiring English sources

The word "whimpering" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe a sound made by an animal or person that shows distress or fear, such as a sad cry or a soft whine of pain. Example sentence: The puppy was whimpering from the pain of its injury.

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whimpering

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Present participle of whimper

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Now I found myself doing it as well: snarling, bridling, whimpering and finally standing up and stepping away from my laptop so that I could petulantly stamp my foot for about five minutes.

The old local tale of whimpering children was given some substance in the 1960s when archaeologists excavating the Roman fort found a number of babies' skeletons.

The vast, low-lying sprawl of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital, may soon be relieved by a pair of graceful skyscrapers, but some still recall the beggarwomen who used to squat in the dust by the gates of the king's mudbrick palace, whimpering for alms.

With foreign currency scarce, factories are whimpering to a halt for want of fuel or imported spare parts.

Or do you fancy a flurry of lively publicity which might be fun when it starts but can find you whimpering behind the sofa with the curtains drawn while my colleagues from other media organisations alternately wheedle and cajole through the letter box?

I'm also going to try to refrain from banging my head upon my keypad whilst whimpering the word, 'help.' Wish me luck.

Suddenly, those same people were looking despondently at their blown-open umbrellas, their dogs whimpering behind.

What a coward she'd been, ducking behind him to save herself, grabbing at him desperately, cringing, crouching, whimpering like a terrified child.

This week's story, "The Third-Born," opens with a sick young boy curled up on a packed-earth floor under his mother's cot, whimpering in pain.

Her breathing is shallow, and she is whimpering.

He was still whimpering when the police showed up.

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