Crossword clues for whined
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whine \Whine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whined; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whining.] [OE. whinen, AS. hw[=i]nan to make a whistling,
whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hv[=i]na, Sw. hvina, Dan.
hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wih[=o]n,
hweij[=o]n; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. Whinny, v. i.]
To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a
childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress,
or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain
or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. ``Whining
plovers.''
--Spenser.
The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a
whining accent, craving liberty.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
Dost thou come here to whine?
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: whine)
Usage examples of "whined".
Torn curtains flapped in whatever breeze whined around the eighteenth floor.
He sniffed at the tiny hand on the shabby arm of the chair, whined softly.
The shell surged as the powersuited warriors bent carefully and lifted, the huge weight coming up slowly as their armor whined in protest.
Bunny kept control with the brake and her voice, and once the lead dog, Maud, turned back to look at her and whined when Bunny called out "Gee!
She licked his face and the hands he tried to protect his face with and whined her relief.
The stove still had enough coal from the night's fire to light it and, clutching the thick, cool column of wax, Blaine backed down the ladder into the dairy while Blue hung around the entrance and whined questions at her.
Mage ducked his head down and whined: a different, wanting-to-please noise.
Blaine threw herself down beside Dacey, where Mage whined his worry at her.
Mage whined and appeared from the shelter, leaving Dacey's side to circle her anxiously, looking into her face, trying to understand her purpose.
She whined, and her eyes showed white, and then she bolted away from the door and ran circles around the room, her claws scrabbling in her usual graceless galumphing stride and her tail tucked so tightly to her belly that she didn't even appear to have a tail at all.
Sunny whined and moaned and threw herself at the door if Brenna tried to keep her inside on a cold night.
He capered before her, never quite pulling on the lead—a gentleman, he was—but as happily carefree as she'd yet seen him, this silly dog who often whined while chewing his bones, all the important thoughts slipping out.
The second time, he also whined softly, and she put a hand on the dome of his head.
He hung behind her for a few steps, whined for a few more steps, and then flung himself backward with enough force that without the leash, he'd have gone tumbling backward down the hill.
He whined as he chewed his bones, he stood in the middle of the den and whined when there was nothing to whine about, but he didn't have fits.