"It is the first time I have ever seen a dog
whimper and cry because a stethoscope is touching their skin.
The
whimper was the Education Secretary's statement to Parliament where he shelved his Education Bill.
"Ultimately we have gone out with a bit of
whimper, really.
Remploy closed in Birmingham to no more than a
whimper of protest.
Whimper: (especially of an animal) To make a series of small, weak sounds, expressing pain or unhappiness, e.g.
Summary: And with not a bang but a
whimper, the battle to lower the voting age in Lebanon has ended, for now, with dozens of MPs taking the bold decision to abstain from even voting when the matter came up on Monday.There are various absurdities to the argument for keeping things as they are: one is that these 18-to-21-year-olds will, over the next three years, enter the ranks of eligible voters anyway, as many observers have pointed out.
England's youngsters were thrashed in the European Championship final but, while they went out with a
whimper, Pearce was raising his hand to a German player by the touchline before restraining himself.
ROY KEANE admitted he was ashamed as woeful Sunderland crashed out with a
whimper.
LEYTON Orient manager Martin Ling, whose side was beaten 4-2 by Hartlepool at the weekend, reckons they gave up their unbeaten record with a
whimper.
The once world-renowned Zimbabwe International Book Fair wound up with a
whimper, with its only foreign exhibitor - the embassy of Iran - packing Islamic tracts and brochures into cardboard boxes.
Even a
whimper in their sleep would bring Mummy or Daddy leaping out of bed to hover over them.
We already know in our hearts, despite the stalwart rhetoric, this will all end with a bang and a
whimper. How many more will die before we admit that to ourselves?
MEANWHILE, AS THE CANADIAN Wheat Board fights for its marketing monopoly, Australia's wheat board is dying with a
whimper. In late November, an Australian government inquiry found that the AWB had illegally kicked back US$220 million to Saddam Hussein's regime in the oil-for-food scandal.
They'll
whimper and weep, responding to the allegation with their cherubic faces oozing innocence and hurt.
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