as in to cry
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the child sobbed when she found the dead frog
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as in tears
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Recent Examples of sob
Noel Murray, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Ellie screams at them, sobbing on the floor, as Abby sticks the broken golf club through Joel’s neck.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
People around me were sniffling, issuing involuntary sobs.
—Wash Westmoreland, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Ellie lies beside Joel’s corpse for a while sobbing.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Ellie screams at them, sobbing on the floor, as Abby sticks the broken golf club through Joel’s neck.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
For the next several seconds the only sounds are her soft sobs and that of the wind blowing through the wide-open front door.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
People around me were sniffling, issuing involuntary sobs.
—Wash Westmoreland, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
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Verb
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Parsons cried on the Bleacher Report live broadcast.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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People in the audience were crying, for God’s sake.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Several people in the courtroom were openly weeping.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
19 Apr. 2025
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At the funeral in Khan Younis Saturday afternoon, families wept over the bodies of their relatives and cried out in pain.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Sob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sob. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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