She whimpered, she pulled on her daddy's sleeve, she asked pleading tearful questions and finally she talked out loud.

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Horaa whimpered as she flashed her big brown eyes left and right.

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Jonathan whimpered softly as he and his parents approached what was left of their house, one of more than than 500 structures razed by wildfires raging in Los Angeles County.

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They whimpered, but quietly, no louder than baby birds.

NEWYORKER: A Box of Puppies

Whatever the definition, the recession dog at most whimpered.

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They whimpered and jumped about on the piled furniture, little ball-like humps in the darkness, until I finally managed to shoo them out the door and down the steps to where their mother would presumably reclaim them.

NEWYORKER: Wakefield

The recession dog, at most, whimpered.

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