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He said it in a slightly querulous tone.querulous = high-pitched whiny voice
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he cried in a high-pitched, querulous voice, (source)querulous = whiny (complaining)
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"I can see what you're thinking—I see a lot I never saw before"—his voice fell to a querulous whisper—"you're thinking I'm psycho." (source)querulous = complaining -- probably in a whiny voice
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Her voice was low, weak, querulous. (source)querulous = filled with complaint -- often in a high-pitched whiny voice
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I shift in my seat, feeling querulous and old. (source)querulous = in a complaining mood
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Christmas carols were in the air; they issued from the radio of the four women and mixed strangely with Miami's sunshine and the cries of the querulous, never thoroughly silent seagulls. (source)querulous = habitually complaining
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The voice was querulous, aggressive, and rough, as if its owner had spent the last fifty years smoking cigarettes. (source)querulous = complaining
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"I know no such thing," he said querulously. (source)querulously = in a tone expressing complaint
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...we can use a human belly and palate to produce querulousness, impatience, uncharitableness, and self-concern? (source)querulousness = habitual complainingstandard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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His face was querulous. (source)querulous = with complaint
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"I want my tea," said the old lady querulously, "isn't it half past four yet?" (source)querulously = in a high-pitched whiny voice
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Mrs Warren loses her ease of manner and takes refuge in querulousness.]† (source)
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Amanda slips back into her querulous attitude toward him. (source)querulous = habitually complaining
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"I don't know how we could manage without him," answered the elder woman, querulously. (source)querulously = in a tone expressing complaint
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Princess Mary well knew this mood of quiet absorbed querulousness, which generally culminated in a burst of rage, and she went about all that morning as though facing a cocked and loaded gun and awaited the inevitable explosion. (source)querulousness = habitual complaining
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Must he wear out all his years at the side of a bitter querulous woman? (source)querulous = habitually complaining
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