WHIMPER in a Sentence

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23 example sentences for WHIMPER, such as:
1. Flossie whimpered gently below.
2. The wretched creature began to whimper.
3. The animal gave a pathetic little whimper.
4. The man looked at her in terror and began to whimper.
5. The little fellow stopped again, beginning to whimper.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of WHIMPER
whimper
 n.  a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way
 v.  cry weakly or softly
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  But just at this moment Napoleon stood up and, casting a peculiar sidelong look at Snowball, uttered a high-pitched whimper of a kind no one had ever heard him utter before.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
2  Napoleon stood sternly surveying his audience; then he uttered a high-pitched whimper.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
3  The wretched creature began to whimper.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
4  Suddenly Weena, deserted in the central aisle, began to whimper.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In VIII
5  The little fellow stopped again, beginning to whimper.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
6  The man looked at her in terror and began to whimper.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
7  Scarlett dropped Prissy's arm and the wench sank whimpering to the steps.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  He climbed in beside his whimpering wife and turned the horse.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
9  He would lie and scream for hours, almost in convulsions; and then, when he was worn out, he would lie whimpering and wailing in his torment.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
10  Mrs. Gummidge, whimpering and shaking her head, applied herself to blowing the fire.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
11  'No, Dan'l,' returned Mrs. Gummidge, whimpering and shaking her head.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
12  After a long time the rain let up, but the clouds stayed, and the lightning kept whimpering, and by and by a flash showed us a black thing ahead, floating, and we made for it.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII.
13  Coming downstairs in the morning, she found the keeper's dog Flossie sitting in the corridor outside Clifford's room, and whimpering very faintly.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
14  Up the stairs I ran to the wan mother and whimpering babe, to the sanctuary on whose altar a life at my bidding had offered itself to win a life, and won.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In XI
15  Flossie whimpered gently below.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
Example Sentence:
1  But there are fears that if the Egyptian side doesn't play well, the crowds will stay away and the African Cup may go off with a whimper rather than a bang.
2  The little dog began to whimper just as I tried to bathe its wounds.
3  The animal gave a pathetic little whimper.
4  A half-starved dog lay in the corner, whimpering pathetically.