high whine
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A whine that is high in pitch.
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Examples (10)
- The old vacuum cleaner emitted a piercing high whine.
- We could hear the high whine of the jet engines as the plane took off.
- A persistent high whine from the server room suggested a problem.
- The dentist's drill produced a familiar high whine that made me nervous.
- Suddenly, a sharp high whine cut through the quiet of the night.
- Engineers were trying to identify the source of the strange high whine in the machinery.
- The computer fan developed an annoying high whine after years of use.
- She noticed a faint but distinct high whine coming from the electrical box.
- The drone hovered overhead, its rotors creating a continuous high whine.
- Many industrial machines produce a characteristic high whine during operation.