How to Use baby in a Sentence

baby

1 of 2 noun

• The baby is just learning to crawl.
• I hear the baby crying.
• My sister is the baby of the family.
• Don't be such a baby—you'll get your turn.
• Nothing's gone right since my baby went away.
• When it comes to getting shots, I'm a real baby.
• My milk had come in, and with no baby to feed, my body hurt.
  — Claudia Dey, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2023
• If there were ever a case of throwing the baby out with the bath, this is it.
  — WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
• Bella is back from the dead, albeit with a baby’s blank view of the world.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
• Once the baby deer was out, it was released back into the wild.
  — Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
• So far, the startup’s care teams have helped birth 1,500 babies.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
• This is about your baby’s health, your health and bonding with the baby.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
• Along the way, a baby cries and squirms; her older siblings bicker on the drive home.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• The baby on the way joins 3-year-old son Win and daughter Sienna Princess, 6.
  — Charlotte Triggs, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
• There’s a lot to love about the baby stage, but changing diapers is rarely one of them.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 26 July 2023
• Marinoni carried Max and told the New York Times that the journey to having a baby was fraught.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 8 Aug. 2023
• Give your baby girl a bold floral name, or keep it sweet and subtle.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2024
• Three baby flamingos have hatched at Tracy Aviary — and a couple more may be on the way.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
• For 20 hours that day, Rosenfeld used the weight of his body to keep the door to his safe room shut as his wife kept her hand over their baby’s mouth.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
• Food, baby clothes and other supplies were found in the home, WABC reports.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
• This is the proverbial throw out the baby with the bathwater type of reasoning.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• The baby eagle was believed to be a female by the nonprofit and fledged that year.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
• Adams, authorities said, is believed to be the father of the child, a baby girl.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2023
• Kufrin has yet to post about the baby's arrival on her own Instagram page.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
• There’s all the baby animal-like spring energy in a lot of the imagery.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
• Walking out of the hospital with my baby boy in my tummy and safe was the truest blessing.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
• In some cases, there was more than one count pertaining to a baby.
  — Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• Tina Brown Having a baby is like falling in love again, both with your husband and your child.
  — Marisa Lascala and Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2023
• The gender and name of the baby gorilla will be announced by Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in the coming weeks.
  — John Pana, cleveland, 26 July 2023
• Two years later, their second son, Samuel, was born, followed by a third baby boy, James, in 2021.
  — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024

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baby

2 of 2 verb

• That boy will never learn to stand up for himself if you don't stop babying him.
• He was babying his injured foot.
• From hot chocolate, to PJs, to sweat pants, to hats, to baby clothes, to dog clothes...
  — Melanie Rud, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2022
• Now, dad can carry the kitchen sink and baby with him at all times!
  — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 11 June 2021
• From cars and dolls to baby toys and video games, your gift list is covered.
  — Ellen McAlpine, Good Housekeeping, 9 Dec. 2022
• What about shooting the show with a kid and now baby onboard?
  — Jennifer Konerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2017
• Could the secret to baby skin be baby's skin all along?
  — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Oct. 2017
• The video shows Joey's life as a mom to baby Indiana and wife to Rory.
  — Megan Friedman, Country Living, 14 Mar. 2016
• The piñatas were crafted in the form of a star, representing the light that guided the three wise men to baby Jesus.
  — Stephanie García, baltimoresun.com, 25 Dec. 2021
• Once there, the spiky birds—armed with a full set of teeth and wings with claws—weren’t babied like their modern relatives.
  — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 8 June 2017
• Once there, the spiky birds—armed with a full set of teeth and wings with claws—weren’t babied like their modern relatives.
  — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 8 June 2017
• Many blessings to baby Hailey, who starts crying at the perfect time to get Toby to stop and walk out of the room.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2021
• On a starlit night long ago, as the story goes, three wise men brought gifts to baby Jesus in a stable.
  — Rachel Fobar, National Geographic, 13 Dec. 2019
• And in the middle of it was Joseph, standing like an Oscar figure with a stick, and next to him was Mary and baby Jesus.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2022
• That date marks the Christian holiday of Epiphany, when three kings brought presents to baby Jesus.
  — Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022
• The offerings range from crazy knick-knacks to baby outfits, a variety of footwear and much more.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 21 Feb. 2021
• His daughter rubbed her mother's stomach, and talked to baby Gabriel.
  — Chiamaka Ofulue, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020
• As the biblical Christmas story goes, the wise men saw a star and followed it to baby Jesus.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2021
• My little boy gave me another four months to baby him and love him more than anything.
  — cleveland, 25 May 2022
• But baby them indoors, with bright light, during March.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 23 Feb. 2018
• The song began with Rodriguez singing her lullaby to baby Lopez.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 May 2021
• Your pro dance partner Artem is a new father to baby Mateo, has that inspired you for a new chapter?
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020
• In one tight scene, a friend urges her to get up from the dinner table to attend to her depressed son, while her husband urges her not to baby the boy.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2018
• Baby me a little when I am newly planted, and don’t cut really long stems in my first year.
  — Rita Perwich, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 May 2017
• Either go out and get one or take this opportunity to baby your hands and feet.
  — Sara Miranda, Allure, 12 Aug. 2021
• Sometimes guys after an injury come back and baby that.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2020
• Joining them on the baby front are Andrei and Elizabeth, who are now parents to baby Eleanor.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2019
• Now many of those institutions have cut ties with him, and much of what endeared Cosby to baby boomers and younger fans of classic TV has been wiped clean from the screen.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2018
• It’s one of those very rare products that everyone can use, no matter if your locks are super curly or baby fine.
  — Katie Chang, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
• Dylan Dreyer's sons are learning how to be big brothers to baby Russell James.
  — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 12 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024