crybaby

Example Sentences

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Here she’s dealing with a smooth talker doling out empty promises, a crybaby who can’t decide what he wants, even a guy so fixated on self-betterment that he’s lost interest in the bedroom.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025

Musk himself is the biggest crybaby of all, telling the Washington Post, "People were burning Teslas. Why would you do that? That’s really uncool."

From Salon • May 30, 2025

State Rep. Sara Carruthers chided Merrin in a Dayton Daily News interview, calling him a crybaby who couldn’t stand being outmaneuvered.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023

“This letter is so pathetic in terms of whining: Mr. Free Speech Absolutist, just a crybaby hiding behind his lawyers,” O’Dowd said in an interview.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2022

“What about the little girl and that crybaby in the cupboard?” he asked.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke