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WHIMPER

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whimper I. verb A. intranzitiv

a scânci, a plânge înăbuşit; a se smiorcăi, a se sclifosi, a se sclivisi; (despre câini) a scheuna.

whimper I. verb B. tranzitiv

a rosti pe un ton plângăreţ.

whimper II. substantiv

scâncet, smiorcăială, sclifoseală; scheunat.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

When he dozed despite himself, the whimpering and snarling of the dogs aroused him.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

“I know'd I was never wanted before!” cried Mrs. Gummidge, with a pitiable whimper, “and now I'm told so! How could I expect to be wanted, being so lone and lorn, and so contrary!”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The two dogs were whimpering and snarling at his feet, but she took no notice of them.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

He was still whimpering when the mother-weasel reappeared.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

At first he snarled and tried to fight; but he was very young, and this was only his first day in the world, and his snarl became a whimper, his fight a struggle to escape.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Nevertheless, he made out, sheltering between her legs against the length of her body, five strange little bundles of life, very feeble, very helpless, making tiny whimpering noises, with eyes that did not open to the light.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

"The God Damn coward!" he whimpered. "He didn't even stop his car."

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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