"Mom, don't write a letter like that to your son!" he whined straight into the camera.

As the Dodgers officially welcomed their latest gazillionaire pitcher to a remodeling Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, the churning of the bulldozers in the infield was momentarily drowned out by the whining around the baseball world.

The craft beeped awake, arched its hawklike shoulders, and whined off into the valley.

When he speaks, there’s often a hint of a whine.

She was watching a cartoon of animated chickens singing, difficult to hear because of the ominous whine of an Israeli drone overhead.