“Dowson was, let us say not mockingly, the boyish whimperer in song.”
“No matter how dreadful it may sound, report the issue, not bothering that you will be seen as a whimperer, because leaving it unreported will only make the bully stronger.”
“And as he rolled, and felt sharp teeth pricking him, he snapped and snarled, alternating snarls with whimperings and squallings of terror, pain, and abject humility.”
“With tiny whines and thin whimperings, with whiffs and whuffs and growly sorts of noises down in his throat, he would try to tell her somewhat of his tale.”