How to Use cringey in a Sentence
cringey
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Ice dancing judges did their cringey judging.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
23 Feb. 2026
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And the title itself is cringey.
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Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
20 Jan. 2026
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Not long ago, posting more than once a day was considered cringey or desperate.
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Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Oct. 2025
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The plan is to test her theory on an unsuspecting man in increasingly cringey ways.
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Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
6 Feb. 2026
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And the flick, based on Hoover’s bestselling novel, lays it on thick alongside a lacking narrative and cringey dialogue.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Much of the backlash is about how the moment was handled — a show-stopping speech right as the show’s action was escalating into its climactic crisis that some felt was cringey and jarring.
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James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Dec. 2025
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Travis is a perfect addition to the rogue gallery of guys Rahill consistently plays across social media — hilarious and singular character studies of very particular and deeply cringey types of dude, replete with his trademark grin.
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Justin Caffier,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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If Paulson's meltdown about Merrick Garland wasn't cringey enough, Peters coating his face in Cheeto dust and rattling off the President's worst one-liners sure was.
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James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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