Give them a few headlines showing success by private industry and away we go with a whingeing and whining debate.
This is not whingeing and whining—this is reality.
There was no whining about an affront to democracy on that occasion, was there?
Why cannot he present a balanced picture instead of for ever whining about how ghastly it all is?
Manufacturers are whining and moaning about a high pound, saying that they cannot export.
Elgar's correspondence makes for depressing reading, for bursts of liveliness and charm alternate with whining demands for attention that must have grated on the loyal friends he addressed.
Although the recording is of a rather ' whining orchestra', enough of the soprano's enunciation is conveyed to provide the guests with a salutary example of music's power to move.
Whining, groaning, grating, gurgling, snarling, even screeching, could all make telling contributions where appropriate.
