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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
whimper .
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Examples
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"Thar was al'ays time for him to go huntin '," whimpered grandmother.
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The plunge of the engine, that now and again whimpered affrightedly in the darkness, could be felt through the whole train, as one feels beneath one the fierce play of the loins of a runaway horse.
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Elaka whimpered but kept on trying to get another grip around the Trill's neck.
Antimatter John Vornholt 2000
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Elaka whimpered but kept on trying to get another grip around the Trill's neck.
Antimatter John Vornholt 2000
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Elaka whimpered but kept on trying to get another grip around the Trill's neck.
Antimatter John Vornholt 2000
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"The mayor's been the mayor now for going to be 20 years and he's had some real hits and he's taken them pretty hard, but he hasn't whined or whimpered, which is in the Chicago tradition, and he keeps on going," said Roosevelt University political scientist Paul Green.
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But there wasn't any more quar'l, only Momma kind of whimpered once or twice, and Poppa said: 'Oh, for God's sake, shut up and lea' me sleep.
The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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Rather than present the strong cliff-hangers that the two previous years had left for the upcoming season, the third season kind of whimpered out, and it was surprising to me that so many people were still excited about the show when the finale happened.
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Rather than present the strong cliff-hangers that the two previous years had left for the upcoming season, the third season kind of whimpered out, and it was surprising to me that so many people were still excited about the show when the finale happened.
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Rather than present the strong cliff-hangers that the two previous years had left for the upcoming season, the third season kind of whimpered out, and it was surprising to me that so many people were still excited about the show when the finale happened.
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