Except
Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.
Usage example: I must except to your remark that there are no great novelists currently living
Whine
Whine verb - To express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely.
Both words in one sentence
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However, Amy uses this to whine about her being mean, and everyone except Jasmine turns on Samey.
Source: Wounded Gazelle Gambit -
Foreshadowing: All over the movie, but this takes the cake:Etta Place: ...I'll go with you, and I won't whine, and I'll sew your socks, and I'll stitch you when you're wounded, and I'll do anything you ask of me except one thing.
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Ebony and friends basically do nothing except whine while Dumbledore flies in to save them every time things get out of hand.
Source: Fan Fic / My Immortal
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