The festival started with a whimper rather than a bang.
The old man looked at her in terror and began to whimper.
We don't want to go out with a whimper. We know we have to be cautious but we cannot be over-cautious.
In Mr Bergman's films, characters would often be silent, or scenes would unroll with no sound but the whimper of wind, the drip of water or, especially, the tick and chime of watches and clocks.
I am geek, hear me whimper!
试比较cry、 sob、 weep、 wail、 whimper这五个词.
This summer's IPO market is likely to go out with a whimper — just as it was supposed to be roaring.
"It's a very ticklish business, Mr. Steger," put in the manager, yieldingly, and yet with a slight whimper in his voice.
The sick puppy's whimper made me sad.
Then he gave a silly little squeal followed by a whimper.
The demise of GM had been expected for so long that when it finally died there was barely a whimper. Wall Street was unmoved.
The condemned prisoner cowered and began to whimper for clemency.
The demise of GM had been expected for so long that when it finally died there was barely a whimper.
They'll bark, whimper, growl and yawn.
The Patronus dissolved into nothingness. RON let out a noise between a whimper and a groan and dropped onto the sofa: Hermione joined him, gripping his arm.
I was listening for a cry or a whimper from upstairs.
With one final whimper he turned and headed east.
Some experts maintain that infants display empathy when they whimper or cry upon hearing another baby cry.
To cry weakly;whimper.
In ONE of the ramshackle tent cities that have sprouted in open Spaces all across Port-au-Prince, Isa Longchamp, a dishevelled and dejected eight-year-old girl, starts to whimper.
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