sobbed

VERB

cry hard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bawl break down howl wail weep whimper

STRONG

blub blubber lament snivel

WEAK

boohoo cry a river cry convulsively cry eyes out shed tears turn on waterworks

Example Sentences

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Sobbed my way through the last twenty minutes.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2023

Sobbed he: "I wanted that reputation more than anything else in the world."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sobbed a visiting Jordanian: "I wish it had been me who had to die instead."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sobbed Chicago's Journal of Commerce's Claudia Cassidy: Both OPM and OPA showed their teeth last week, for the first time got noncompliant businessmen up on charges.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only a voice, when winds were wild, Sobbed and wailed like a chidden child.

From Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by MacDonald, George