Example Sentences

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"I was babying my thumb a little without even realizing it. I wasn't doing it on purpose."

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2014

Ray sucked his teeth, like she was babying me.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

The old nurse enjoyed nothing so much as waiting on the little Señora's mother,—unless it was babying the little Señora's daughter.

From Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party by Goss, John