Adjective, : The baby is whiny because he missed his nap.    From Dictionary.com. 

Could it be because whininess is not inherently exciting?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks 'Bored to Death': Ted Danson rules all | EW.com] Reference

Is it that evil characters are so unreal to us, whereas whininess is something that we encounter everyday so we have a far more visceral reaction to it?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks 'Bored to Death': Ted Danson rules all | EW.com] Reference

Hopefully, the pettiness and whininess are sticking.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain Campaign: Obama's Trip To Iraq Is "Cynical Politics"] Reference

In 2004, I had 48 whiny entries, but to a much lesser degree of whininess.    From Wordnik.com.  [elfpvke Diary Entry] Reference

Also, turn the filter to "podcast quality" to really enhance his whininess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Over the hills and far away] Reference

And a great contrast with the whininess and hysteria of the Hillary campaign.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama's Closing Ad: I Will Take Country In Fundamentally New Direction] Reference

You might think that she would give evidence of his prickliness or whininess, right?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Response to Susan Lee, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

The whininess of the poster and the resolve of the bartender made me like it even more.    From Wordnik.com.  [in other blogs : goose liver is a recipe for comments | Seattle Metblogs] Reference

Liberal whininess and self-flagellation can indeed be annoying, but that's a separate issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: LIKE A PHONOGRAPH.] Reference

I can't understand the combination of whininess about H1-B visas for example and complacency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prudence] Reference

He's prone to whininess, and all that self-doubt about not being a normal teen, and then there's his clingy Aunt May.    From Wordnik.com.  [Melanie Lynn Hauser's Boyfriend List] Reference

It's less the boredom that annoys me and more the attitude that accompanies it, the whininess, the negativity, the morose faces.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boredom] Reference

She's doesn't write the kind of thing I read, but if she did I'd be crossing her off my list for the sheer whininess of her answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nitwit of the Day!] Reference

But, unlike a book character, she's a real person and I don't like me all the time, so I can forgive her some whininess and histrionics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of self delusion, totally irrational theories, and outright whininess I hear from Hillary supporters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama, McCain Carry Hart's Location] Reference

Some critics found it a bit self-serious and arty -- "a certain nagging whininess," wrote the Washington Post's Tom Shales -- but its fans were fervently loyal.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 'Thirtysomething' Power Players] Reference

To counter this onslaught of whininess, Democrats need to steal a phrase Republicans were very fond of (when they were in the majority, fighting filibuster attempts).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [91] -- Win One For Teddy] Reference

Its small size was comfortable for a tall woman's frame, and even though its motor had a tinge of whininess, I could hold a conversation without screaming while mowing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mow Power, Less Gas] Reference

There was a whininess to my tone that I'm not proud of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

Seriously, catch the whininess of the Republicans these days.    From Wordnik.com.  [AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth] Reference

This link contains excessive whininess about the direction of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pharyngula] Reference

Despite their potential for whininess, the rain scenes never get old.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yale Daily News: Latest Issue] Reference

I also discovered something that tends to cut the whininess completely away.    From Wordnik.com.  [HS Blog - Homeschool Blog] Reference

To calculate the index, I read the press release and assign a whininess score.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Left Nutmeg - Front Page] Reference

It's also indicative of the level of paranoia, and downright whininess, on the right.    From Wordnik.com.  [AMERICAblog News] Reference

His voice filled with all the sorrow, angst and all around whininess that 13 year old girls have.    From Wordnik.com.  [galadarling.com] Reference

Bawer's tone is thoughtful, not surly, but the sentiments expressed toward the end veer toward whininess.    From Wordnik.com.  [The White Peril 白禍] Reference

The teabaggers have a persecution complex and they are embracing a culture of self-entitled, petulant whininess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Today in Oregon: The Oregonian] Reference

Child melts into my arms for hugs and kisses, they feel loved and cherished, the whininess is gone in an instant.    From Wordnik.com.  [HS Blog - Homeschool Blog] Reference

But I find his whininess and theatrics, and his repetitive confessions that he's a former alcoholic, to be a bit annoying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jihad Monitor]

I am amazed that Chuck Holland (letter, March 31) could perceive our concern for country and liberties as mere "whininess.".    From Wordnik.com.  [ Weather] Reference

Populism has had as many incarnations as it has had provocations, but its constant ingredient has been resentment, and hence whininess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference

Your whininess is misplaced here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whaaaaa? Spurious Paul Nelson quote in The Guardian - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

He has his whininess and petulance down to a "t.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Jackie K. Cooper: Reviving Ophelia Tackles the Issue of Physical Abuse In Teenage Relationships] Reference

Nasty in its coldness, but also in its whininess.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference

Stop the uncalled for whininess.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

I couldn’t hide my whininess.    From Wordnik.com.  [HEARTS WILL NEVER BE PRACTICAL • by Paul Abbamondi] Reference

| Labels: busy-ness, children, complaining, going scratch, homeschooling, parenting, whininess |.    From Wordnik.com.  [HS Blog - Homeschool Blog] Reference