Example Sentences

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Possibly that’s because New Yorkers already do such a bang-up job of whinging about their own city that they don’t need an assist from professional comedians.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

A universal principle of politics is that whinging is not an effective substitute for organization.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022

"It's pointless me whinging about the red card, what's done is done."

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2021

Afterwards, one Real Sociedad-supporting columnist called Athletic “primitive”, insisting “there is no team that obtains more with less”, whinging: “How boring!”

From The Guardian • Sep. 2, 2019

Why you cry? till Mam is at me again.Your sister is sick in my arms and you’re there whining and whinging.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt