Example sentences for: whiny

How can you use “whiny” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Many people might suppose that it is highly unusual for a writer to agree to produce some piece of writing and then fail to produce it, perhaps offering a variety of whiny and often hypochondriac excuses about hard wooden benches and so on.

  • Unlike many of these whiny elitists, she says, the dog is "a noble and sensitive creature who, given proper care, may make a far better tenant than many humans."

  • "I think it's damn tough," Kennedy told Johnson, sounding whiny.

  • Some praise the show for its self-parodic dialogue and realistic characters who are "as annoying and self-absorbed--as people of your own acquaintance" (Barbara Phillips, the Wall Street Journal ). Others say they have no interest in watching "spineless, whiny, indecisive nitwits" (Tom Shales, the Washington Post ).

  • Take the Paul Reiser character on Mad About You . He's whiny and feminized, but women tell me they find him doting and caring (me, I just see the whiny, feminized part)."


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