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crybaby

[krahy-bey-bee] / ˈkraɪˌbeɪ bi /


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Maybe I'm a crybaby, but you make a movie and you like it, you feel like it's not seen enough.

From Salon Dec. 12, 2023

And it turns out that Trent “nine inch nails” Reznor is actually a crybaby 🤣

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2022

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

From Washington Times Aug. 25, 2022

Kym, a self-described crybaby, worried that she wouldn’t be able to see it.

From Washington Post Dec. 24, 2021

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

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

It's also because it's the car of crybabies.

From Salon May 30, 2025

My takeaway from the article about Jason Gill and the USC baseball program was another example of entitled crybabies and their overbearing parents trying to intimidate a new coach.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2022

The time for tolerating the selfish crybabies may be coming to an end.

From Seattle Times Aug. 25, 2021

And yet it’s hard for me not to anthropomorphize these platforms, looking around at all the crybabies whining that they don’t treat every single user exactly the same in every situation, and collapsing in frustration.

From The Verge Jul. 12, 2019

The glory of elfdom shall not be dimmed by the whining of a few crybabies.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

I am not crybabying to the Judge or making any kick about things.

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen




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