Word: whined
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...dining halls can play their part in this bold new program by discriminating against both of the people who eat before eight o'clock, in the interests of the hordes who scratch and whine pitifully at the door at half past nine. Dining hall authorities admit this will not interfere with preparations for lunch; it will just be an adjustment to fact...
...children, accustomed to having their radio programs start off with the rattle of machine-gun fire or the whine of airplane propellers, might have trouble believing the news. A new BBC show for British moppets, called Listen With Mother, is a thoroughgoing success. The program begins each day with the calm, reassuring voice of onetime Schoolmistress Jean Sutcliffe inquiring: "Are you sitting quite comfortably...
...British hopes pan out, the low-pitched roar of auto traffic may turn to a thin, high whine. Last week at Silverstone race track, Warwickshire, the Rover Co. of Birmingham showed off a gas-turbine sport coupé. Its unofficial name: the Whizzard...
...Zealand-born Engineer Frank Bell, who has worked four years on the Whizzard, pressed the starter button. The turbine gave a puff of kerosene-scented smoke and whined like a vacuum cleaner. As the whine increased, the car picked up speed. In 14 seconds it reached 60 miles an hour -more than twice as lively as low-priced U.S. cars. The Whizzard has almost no vibration, and it needs no gear shift. The only control pedals are the brake and the foot throttle...