Examples of crybaby in a Sentence
“Don't be such a crybaby,” she told her little sister.
car trips that were often spoiled by a couple of crybabies in the back seat
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As children, Keaton often dismissed her younger brother as a crybaby, scaredy cat and a nuisance who was coddled by their mother.
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Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
26 Dec. 2025
From the instigator to the crybaby, everyone gets to partake in the seasonal chaos.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
This is the gold star of silent crybabies, heaped high with silent scorn, disapproval and frustration, all at once.
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John Bowe, Contributor,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
The ‘crybaby’ gesture was recalled by Madrid supporters when Mallorca lost last season’s Copa del Rey final on penalties to Bilbao’s Athletic Club and a disappointed Maffeo was in tears afterwards.
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Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
26 Dec. 2025
From the instigator to the crybaby, everyone gets to partake in the seasonal chaos.
—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
This is the gold star of silent crybabies, heaped high with silent scorn, disapproval and frustration, all at once.
—
John Bowe, Contributor,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
The ‘crybaby’ gesture was recalled by Madrid supporters when Mallorca lost last season’s Copa del Rey final on penalties to Bilbao’s Athletic Club and a disappointed Maffeo was in tears afterwards.
—
Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Crybaby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crybaby. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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crybaby
noun
cry·ba·by
ˈkrī-ˌbā-bē 
: a person who cries easily or complains often
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