a whimper

Then Kenobi flexed his hips and retreated nearly all the way out of her body, tearing a whimper from her lips.

We don't want to go out with a whimper. We know we have to be cautious but we cannot be over-cautious.

THE demise of GM had been expected for so long that when it finally died there was barely a whimper. Wall Street was unmoved.

The only unknown was whether the system would disappear with a bang or a whimper.

Instead, he said, people got "a whimper, not a scream. "

Strange as it may sound, a downgrade could resound in financial markets more with a whimper than a bang.

Highway passing is a breeze and the 335i will happily take its passengers up to too-high triple digit speeds without a whimper.

"Don't go out with a whimper; go out with a bang! Undertake an eco-kamikaze mission. "

In fact, this "milestone" came and went with a whimper for me.

NO ONE expected a bang; but the idea of a cap on America's carbon emissions died with barely the bathos of a whimper.

But in a world where protest often fizzles down to nothing, or tails off to a whimper, we need Ruskin's voice.

We've just got to win our games and not end the group on a whimper.

Have I not talkative of the silent at this time, a whimper in the classroom is the only exist.

A evening such as this was never going to end with a whimper and Sheva's deflection from Lincoln's drive set up a grandstand finish.

This slam-bang earnings season is likely to start with a whimper. But that doesn't mean markets won't end up feeling pretty good.

She let out a whimper, brush-like sword admission back again.

The debt ceiling was raised without so much as a whimper every other year of W's presidency and guess what.

Britain's new coalition government seems intent on bowing out without so much as a whimper.

In short, bear markets sometimes end with a bang, sometimes with a whimper.

Judged against Labour budgets of yore, this one was a whimper.

And when they finally die, they die with a whimper, not with a loud cry.

all refunds were made without a whimper.

Instead of a whimper, their limited universe will end witha bang.

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.

Japan has given up its crown with barely a whimper.

So this is the way the quarter ends: not with a whimper but with a bang.

This is the way England usually do it, with a whimper.