The child was lost and began to whimper.

那孩子迷了路，抽抽搭搭地哭起来。

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If he starts to whimper, I'll just harmonize with him.

如果他开始呜咽，我就给他配和声。

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And if he starts to whimper, I'll just harmonize with him.

从来不大声哭，如果他开始呜咽，我就逗他。

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Liberal Democrat AM Eleanor Parrott called for domain names to be launched with a "bang not a whimper" to encourage businesses to use the new names.

BBC: Plaid Cymru debate

"He is the same as a son to me, " the woman sobbed, her voice fading to a cracked whimper.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Legends'

The German-born millionaire, womanizer, photographer, art collector and man-about-globe had followed the fast-living course of his life to its end: Better to go out with a bang than with a whimper (Sachs was believed to have Alzheimer's disease).

WSJ: Death of a Playboy