How to Use whine in a Sentence

whine

1 of 2 verb
  • The electric saw whined as it cut through the wood.
  • The workers were whining that the office was too cold.
  • The dog was whining because it wanted to go out.
  • He's always whining about the weather.
  • Quit whining and finish your dinner.
  • Chip whined and nuzzled at my hand.
    — Joel M. Vance, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Jessie whines about the good old days all the time — how fun is that?
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • And that’s nothing to whine about.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 June 2026
  • Horns whine in constant protest.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t whine too much, just pick up the pieces and get going again.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 14 Sep. 2017
  • If any of them would whine or cry or bark the moose would trample them.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2022
  • And his job isn't to whine about it, his job is to do something about it.
    — Stephen Collinson With Caitlin Hu, CNN, 28 June 2020
  • Or get ready for a lot of groaning and whining.
    — Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Any artist could sit, whine, and complain about all the songs that didn’t strike well.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The players liked it and the haters hated it and whined their heads off.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Chip heeled tight to my left, his ears laid back, whining softly.
    — Joel M. Vance, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Some had noisy bearings, which could sound like a whining noise.
    — John Paul, The Providence Journal, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The leader rears up, whining with pain, and slaps her to the floor again.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018
  • Aronimink put the world’s best golfers in a vice this week and squeezed the whines right out of them.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
  • Traffic hummed and whined on I-85.
    — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 13 May 2026
  • Fessy is left alone in the volcano to whine like a petulant child.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Everyone is whining about what a catch is, and what a catch is not.
    — The Tylt, cleveland.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Just stood a few feet away and whined, the fur on his back standing up in one prickling ridge.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Marcus poked out his bottom lip, but no whining this time.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Nothing can ruin a run like a whining child who wants to get out of the seat!
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 10 July 2023
  • But will kids whine about it (other than for their own Yes Day)?
    — Kimber Myers, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2021
  • One day, the pup was whining at the front door and started pacing back and forth.
    — Hilary Shenfeld, PEOPLE.com, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Don't whine, and don't be the one who complains about everything.
    — Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2022
  • And since then, his crying and whining have increased.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • If your dog starts shivering or whining out on a walk, get them home and warmed up right away.
    — Robin Tribble, Popular Mechanics, 12 Nov. 2018

whine

2 of 2 noun
  • These are no longer the days of whine and turned-up noses.
    — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 30 Nov. 2025
  • These are no longer the days of whine and turned-up noses.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Lay your thumb on the maple lid, and the purr turns into a whine.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Pups at that age wake up every few hours to whine and paw any warm body within reach.
    — James Gorman, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • My dad could hear the fire's approach, a sound like the high whine of a jet engine.
    — Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2017
  • The guilt of a stack of unread books is a low constant whine at the back of your head.
    — Philip Maymin, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • Bullets rattled on the streets and glanced off with ugly whines.
    — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Never have to hear that horrible whine of the dental drill again!
    — Jennifer Welsh, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2010
  • No suspicious whine in the air, no burning of pungent oils to put off biters.
    — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The birds grow louder in the pines, the whine of insects audible.
    — Jenna Russell, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The world blurs; the audio whines; Joel can’t so much as flex his fingers toward his gun.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The dog may not continually bark, whine or pace while the handler is out of sight.
    — Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Perhaps one day, all the sage grouse will hear out on the lek is the quiet whine of a fembot turning its head.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 1 June 2018
  • Then most of us wandered back to our tents to wait and listen for the whine of returning machines.
    — Neil Shea, National Geographic, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The torpid silence was punctuated by the slow whine of air-raid sirens—and by crows.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
  • Alleys are empty of the whine of , the snapping banners of tour guides have fallen silent.
    — Tom Kington, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The engineers know every bolt and obscure whine from the engine room.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2016
  • The whine became a constant, annoying soundtrack to his walks.
    — Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Soon there will be a burly Ram pickup with a whole lotta supercharger whine on the streets.
    — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 25 June 2020
  • Even a daydreamy young girl had a hard time locating the divine over the glare of blacktop and the whine of power tools.
    — Sara Eckel, Longreads, 1 June 2018
  • If only Mars was warmer, wetter, more oxygen-y, the would-be Martians whine.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 15 July 2019
  • Meanwhile, turbo noise fills the cabin alongside the odd electric motor whine.
    — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • There’s never room to go wide-open for longer than a couple seconds, as the straights just vanish while the gear whine from the diffs ramps up in pitch.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The males' antennae act as tuning forks, resonating to the whine produced by the wings of females.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2018
  • The crackling of burning bushes mingled with the low mechanical whine from the drone above.
    — New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • With the press of a green button, Sam Bruneau’s snowmobile sprung silently to life and took off at a low whine.
    — Tik Root, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Best of all, the noise cancelling is terrific, pulling a cabin-whine-free cocoon around your head and filling it with clear, punchy sound.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Its predatory side is subtly present in the whine of the supercharger and the rumble of exhaust.
    — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • That is, until you are subjected to the relentless whine of mosquitoes.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 June 2026
  • The whine gets louder as another drone suspended from the first encloses the plant with two arms, a blade slicing through the stem.
    — Susan Cosier, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2022

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