Vocabulary Word
Word: whine
Definition: complain (in a sad voice); make a high sad sound (as in pain or supplication)
Definition: complain (in a sad voice); make a high sad sound (as in pain or supplication)
Sentences Containing 'whine'
From outside came the occasional cry of a night-bird, and once at our very window a long drawn catlike whine, which told us that the cheetah was indeed at liberty.
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