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Example sentences for "whimpering"

Lexicographically close words:
whilse; whilst; whim; whimper; whimpered; whimpers; whims; whimsey; whimsical; whimsicalities
  1. Surprisingly, the little bear had stopped whimpering and had hugged Johnny back.

  2. A leopard with a cut on its shoulder lay whimpering before a marva, who was squeezing the juice of some berries upon the cut.

  3. The berry's juice must have killed the pain for the leopard stopped whimpering and lay very still.

  4. The little bear promptly refused to eat and almost died, whimpering over and over a sound that was just like "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.

  5. He squatted there and made a little whimpering noise that was the only sound he could make beside his clicks.

  6. For a moment they stood, stiff with terror; then whimpering raced away.

  7. To me drifted only the wailings of our flight and the whimpering terror of the pony.

  8. In the meantime the boy was shivering and whimpering in what he felt to be the strong arms of the police.

  9. But as soon as he stood up there came a savage grinding pain in his left leg, and he lay down whimpering feebly.

  10. The impatience which fretted her was almost allayed by visions of stout-hearted Solomon and gentle Rachel and whimpering little Sarah and I key, all gulping down the delicious draught.

  11. God bless me,' he said to himself, 'I could almost swear I hear the dogs whimpering in the kennels.

  12. Just then the whimpering started again, and we were frozen with terror.

  13. He was whimpering feebly as he picked himself up at the bottom of the steps a moment later.

  14. Jupiter, who had not the slightest doubt but what the mad-headed little witch would do it as soon as not, began whimpering like a whipped schoolboy.

  15. I'll have no such whimpering cry-baby tagging after me.

  16. Illustration: He sneaked out, whimpering in a doleful voice.

  17. He sneaked out, whimpering in a doleful voice 345 'How?

  18. Everybody turned away with contempt; and he sneaked out, whimpering in a doleful voice, 'What shall I say to my Aunt Barbara?

  19. It cut through the silence of the ebon pit like a whimpering arrow.

  20. He leaped forward, but before he could half clear the distance, O'Keefe had leaped too, had caught the Norseman by the shoulders and toppled him backward, where he lay whimpering and sobbing.

  21. The Portuguese had picked himself up, whimpering with rage and knife in hand, but as Huldricksson's voice reached him he stopped.

  22. The baby was whimpering outright, and the cow was lowing at the bars.

  23. In mutual appreciation of a suddenly relaxed tension, the man's laughter and the woman's rang out together throughout the dooryard and startled a grazing pony into a whimpering whinny of sympathy.

  24. Inside, the soft, narrow, ribbony voice of a violin came whimpering through the rose-scented air.

  25. Another woman might have gone down on her knees, whimpering a cry for forgiveness, but not Anne Tresslyn.

  26. Even in the dim, colourless light of the waning day, she was lovely—lovely even with the wet cheeks and the drooped, whimpering lips.

  27. She was just in time to pick up the blind, whimpering thing.

  28. Duncan had a mistress, scarce less forlorn and greatly older than himself, who came up, whimpering and curtseying, to add the weight of her betrayal.

  29. None thought to dispute or to make excuses; the service was arrested; Mrs. Weir sat at the head of the table whimpering without disguise; and his lordship opposite munched his bread and cheese in ostentatious disregard.

  30. Lurlee, forgetting all her previous troubles, sprang from the bed on which she had been lying languidly, and Zyna followed; and they fell upon his neck with low whimpering cries, like dogs when they have found a lost master.

  31. And so she sat in the dark, sometimes slumbering, sometimes thinking, till the baby's whimpering cry summoned her back to her usual care.

  32. Her mother looked after her, weary and helpless, and the baby on her lap sent up a whimpering cry.

  33. She fell to whimpering like a hurt child, and then growing suddenly quiet, reached out until she touched Christopher's head.

  34. Her coolness sobered him instantly, as if a splash of icewater had been thrown into his face, and his tone lost its aggressiveness and sank into a whimpering complaint.

  35. Meeting Christopher's look, he broke into a spasm of frightened sobs, whimpering like a child that has been whipped.

  36. It was not the weakness, after all, that he had played upon--it was rather the excitable passion and the whimpering fears of the hereditary drunkard.

  37. For God's sake don't," added the boy weakly, and fell to whimpering like a child.

  38. Up and down the little village, through the heavy sunshine and the white dust, among the whimpering women and old men, she walked until the day wore on and the shadows grew longer across the street.

  39. It was difficult to find accommodations for my family, Poor Sing was dragged off whimpering to a strange woodshed, and given a piece of burlap.

  40. He'd be hanged if he'd take that other whimpering little thing.

  41. I seized it and beat that child with all my strength, until I had reduced him to a cowering, whimpering mendicant for mercy, instead of the fighting little bully he had been four minutes before.

  42. The prince was a wretched, whimpering little creature, with a cankered body and a blighted soul.

  43. Before long she and Pagello were on their way back to Paris, leaving the poor, fevered, whimpering poet to bite his nails and think unutterable things.

  44. Illustration: And Mikko, beginning with a little whimpering sound, slowly rose to a high heartrending cry] "Can I?

  45. And Mikko, beginning with a little whimpering sound, slowly rose to a high heartrending cry.

  46. One of them was whimpering at her breast, another was dragging at her skirts and the third was bellowing for her from the floor above.

  47. Jamie Rathey is drinking too much wine and neglecting his business, and Christina is whimpering and scolding, for she knows well he will not behave himself until he gets the word from you.

  48. I am going where I'll be rid of whimpering wives, and whining bairns, and fleeching, flattering folk, who want siller for their fine words.

  49. White Otter had not gone a bow-length when the same strange whimpering cry brought him to a stop.

  50. Then he heard the whimpering cries ahead of him.

  51. Then from somewhere in the impenetrable blackness came a peculiar whimpering cry that sent a thrill through him, and made his heart beat wildly.


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whimpering" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    complaining; cry; crying; fretful; gripe; howling; lachrymal; lachrymose; mournful; peevish; petulant; plaintive; plangent; puling; querulous; sniveling; sobbing; sorrowful; tear; teardrop; tearful; teary; weeping; weepy; whimpering; whining