Sentence examples for whine from inspiring English sources

"To always be put on a pedestal as a hunk is slightly demeaning," he said (prompting the website Jezebel to headline a post about it with: "Shut your pretty little whine hole, Jon Snow").

There was a sharp whine from the bulldozer's engine.

He sang along to a lo-fi synthesiser in a cheery nasal whine, was fond of using the word "bobbins", and tended to end every song with the phrase: "You know it is, it really is".

Not only do the tracks from new album Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action slot seamlessly into this exuberant canon, some of them could've been written especially for the event: Stand On The Horizon, an ode to the romance of unreachable distances, is full of North Sea references and Evil Eye even contains a knowing West Coast synth whine as an (unintentional) nod to Snoop.

Pioneered by the veteran broadcaster Gay Byrne, phone-in radio has given Irish listeners the chance to gripe, whinge and whine against every institution in the state on a daily basis.

The current harvest of this variety of whine will be a bumper one.

Bank mergers, staff sackings, higher charges to customers and the more impersonal style of electronic business all gave commentators and their readers and listeners something to whine about.

Yet even as their shopping habits encourage airlines to prioritise price over service, many passengers whine as life in the cheap seats gets less comfy.

The records that followed in the mid-1970s included "Berlin", a bleak concept album about an abusive relationship, and "Metal Machine Music", which consisted of four sides of punishing feedback whine.

Another is to whine and apologise, let him enjoy some trampling, and then appeal for mercy.

"Americans might whine about it, but they aren't in pain because the oil price is $35," argues Roger Diwan of PFC Energy, a consultancy.