whimperer

When you find yourself doing the portrait of some vain, idle whimperer, do you not want to crush him with the strokes of your brush?

The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee 2007

One day brought disappointment, however, and Barry, no great whimperer, proclaimed his wrong and demanded his right so undeniably that the steamer service was for the moment thrown out of gear.

Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003

How could high-spirited dogs be sincere in their indifference to two strange animals, one vocal with assertiveness, the other a mere whimperer?

Last Leaves from Dunk Island 2003

The pitch gives away part of their meaning, in that they are designed to bring the listener closer to the whimperer and to show either fear or submission on the part of the whiner.

How to Speak Dog Stanley Coren 2000

Unless you were shelling out ninety bucks a session to Morton Handler and getting a covert assessment as a simpering whimperer for your money.

When The Bough Breaks Kellerman, Jonathan 1985

Soon after the whimperer goes quiet, the Old Man orders the atmosphere completely recycled.

Passage at Arms Cook, Glen 1985

Unless you were shelling out ninety bucks a session to Morton Handler and getting a covert assessment as a simpering whimperer for your money.

When the Bough Breaks Jonathan Kellerman 1985

Unless you were shelling out ninety bucks a session to Morton Handler and getting a covert assessment as a simpering whimperer for your money.

When the Bough Breaks Jonathan Kellerman 1985

Unless you were shelling out ninety bucks a session to Morton Handler and getting a covert assessment as a simpering whimperer for your money.

When the Bough Breaks Jonathan Kellerman 1985

Dowson was, let us say not mockingly, the boyish whimperer in song.

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