How to Use sippy cup in a Sentence

sippy cup

noun
  • Sorry kids, stick to your sippy cups of scotch, this is adult tea.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 2 Mar. 2017
  • The fewer the pieces, the easier a sippy cup may be to scrub.
    — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 1 Aug. 2023
  • My cooler was stuffed with bubbly waters and beers to share—and a sippy cup for my kid.
    — Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Schmidt’s young daughter brought over her sippy cup to try to help her grandfather.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Buckle 'em up, hand 'em a sippy cup of hot cocoa and drive around viewing lights for free.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • And people actually state -pump your milk and put it in a sippy cup !
    — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Rome could be seen drinking from a blue sippy cup, snuggled in between his parents.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Rome could be seen drinking from a blue sippy cup, snuggled in between his parents.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Rome could be seen drinking from a blue sippy cup, snuggled in between his parents.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • The post shows a picture of a young girl in blue footie pajamas, drinking from a red sippy cup.
    — Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Plenty of what appeared to be date-nighters and at least one young diner drinking from a sippy cup.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019
  • And right behind me was my daughter’s sippy cup, and the chef was like, ‘That’s perfect!
    — Karen Chernick, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Wine in a sippy cup is simply not an option for many parents with a history of substance abuse.
    — Jessica Grose, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2020
  • It is meant to be used in place of a sippy cup to promote better language development.
    — Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, 17 Feb. 2022
  • My daughter’s only complaint is that there are no cupholders for her sippy cup in her Tesla.
    — Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 6 June 2018
  • Wearing a soft pink sweater, Roys talks about her work banning toxins in baby bottles and sippy cups.
    — Jill Filipovic, The New Republic, 29 May 2018
  • That favorite storybook or sippy cup takes some of the edge off of being thousands of miles from friends and family.
    — Jocelyn Newman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Alongside prosecco and sparkling water, we were offered apple juice in a sippy cup as a welcome drink.
    — Jen Salerno Young, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Researchers also found fecal matter on more than 25% of the sippy cups tested.
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Woman's Day, 14 June 2016
  • Ask yourself if this story would have made news if the child was sipping from a water bottle, baby bottle, or sippy cup.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 22 Nov. 2023
  • In one sweet snap, she and Gene are curled up together on a bed strewn with a sippy cup, toys and multiple children's books.
    — Jamie Ballard, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
  • In the cute snapshot, the youngster was wearing a light-pink dress and clutching what appeared to be a sippy cup, sporting a head full of blonde curls.
    — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Police reportedly found a sippy cup or bottle inside the home that contained the syrup found in the child's system.
    — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Late night, guests were transported from the mill to the couple’s villa at the Andaz with sippy cups filled with lilikoi vodkas.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 13 July 2018
  • After all, Jay-Z pointed out his daughter, Blue Ivy, has used one as a sippy cup.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Inside the boy’s sippy cup at the home, authorities discovered residue of oxycodone.
    — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Within a year and and a half, the company said, its plastic straws would be replaced with sippy cup-like lids—which, yes, will also be made of plastic.
    — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 10 July 2018
  • Best Learner Cup Transitioning from bottle to sippy cup is no easy feat.
    — Pamela Brill, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The brand offers up diapers for newborns and nipple balm for nursing moms, as well as sippy cups and vegan kids' vitamins.
    — Alyssa Newcomb, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Nolan Chip turned 1 on the day of the video, which begins with the whole family raising a glass (or a sippy cup in his case) to mark the special occasion.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025

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