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also whiney
as in whining
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Recent Examples of whiny
Some students concede this can sound whiny, and that they can be pushy.
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Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
The long-term teacher can’t pretend to care about his whiny students anymore and uses a seemingly routine parent’s complaint as an excuse to get canned.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
In defense of whiny Joey King, that does seem like a lot.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
Of course, the girls are extra whiny and L. ends up needing her diaper changed at 12:58 p.m.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 29 July 2024
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Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
The long-term teacher can’t pretend to care about his whiny students anymore and uses a seemingly routine parent’s complaint as an excuse to get canned.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
In defense of whiny Joey King, that does seem like a lot.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2024
Of course, the girls are extra whiny and L. ends up needing her diaper changed at 12:58 p.m.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 29 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiny
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The next day, while the country was still overcome by grief and anger, a song appeared on Indian WhatsApp groups, sung by a strident female voice.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Through its strident positivity, PST ART glorifies speed and risk-taking (not to say recklessness) in the service of progress and discovery.Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
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This can help prevent your nasal passages from drying out in the night, Seibert said.Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025
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Common symptoms are cough, fever, nasal congestion and shortness of breath.Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
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The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.Bryce MillerColumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
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In Soledar, an old salt mining town, earsplitting explosions crack in every direction.Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2022
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Alecia lets out a shrill whistle and the shadowy figures of our campmates stand up around the fire, applauding.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 13 Nov. 2024
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Like, watched it all the way through from the shrill opening filled with obnoxious kids to the leadenly staged slapstick climax?Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Whiny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiny. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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