bawl
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There were a lot of times when everyone was asleep, everybody was full and fed, and I would just bawl crying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
The punchline rocks the audience, who bawl with laughter, interspersed with oohing.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2023
"In other ones, you can join in a bit but do you really have to shout and bawl and scream?" he added.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2023
Carolyn: I'm going to call her this evening and probably bawl halfway through our conversation, but she deserves to know how much she means to me.
From Washington Post ● May 4, 2021
If she went home now she would lie down on the bed and bawl.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Upon hearing the newborn’s piercing bawls, Segawa strode toward the birth register to record the newborn’s details.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2017
Sort of like a child who throws his lollipop onto the carpet, then bawls because he can’t have it anymore?
From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2016
And then, “My name is Kiiiid,” he bawls, dragging one syllable out for two measures.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 17, 2016
It's not real," she bawls, "it's not honest, it's not natural observation.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2012
Little Johnny’s feet are sore after a long march and his commanding officer bawls him out.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
“When I got hurt at the Connecticut game last year, I bawled in Steph’s arms. That’s somebody I will ride for, for the rest of my life,” Clark said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
"Can't take it, Rory?'" bawled one New Yorker.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
“I bawled for days,” Brunner said, after the county last November allocated almost $5 million toward the project.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
That night, she bawled her eyes out while her sister and brother-in-law comforted her, wondering what, if anything, she could have done differently.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
I threw myself into her arms and bawled.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
It was a powerful moment, and all around me even the men were bawling like a bridesmaid at her best friend’s wedding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Stripped of his invulnerability, Homelander wilts into a bawling wimp, begging for his life on his knees.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
He added that after performing in front of the cast they were "bawling their eyes out".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
But the book comes superbly to life in its character sketches, its bawling dialogue and its rugged sense of place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
As cheerful voices and bursts of laughter from my Worlds Party floated in through my window, mixing with the rhythm of “Burn,” I collapsed onto my bedroom floor and started bawling.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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