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whimper

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1. whimper - Noun

2. whimper - Verb

Meaning

To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers.

To utter in alow, whining tone.

A low, whining, broken cry; a low, whining sound, expressive of complaint or grief.

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she wailed with pain Source: Internet

And as is the case so many times in life, the relationship between Leary and Harcourt-Smith ended, after all the convolutions and mystifications, not with a bang or even a whimper, but a simple betrayal. Source: Internet

‘10-9-8-7-6-Cue Camera A-5-4-3-2-1…’ The TV news ended with a whimper and as the lights and cameras are switched off anchor man Howard Beale is told he was being let go due to the show’s low ratings. Source: Internet

If that happens, Osaka Ishin and Nippon Ishin, formed with a bang nearly 10 years ago, could go out with a whimper, serving as a cautionary tale for those elsewhere in Japan anxious to start their own local political parties. Source: Internet

They barely gave a whimper after the first term as the contest devolved into a glorified GWS training run. Source: Internet

As the dead prey on the living… The end of the world has come not with a bang or a whimper, but with the guttural snarl of walking corpses hungry for human flesh. Source: Internet

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