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  • present participle of weep.
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weeping

[wee-ping] / ˈwi pɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
dolorous
Synonyms
ADJECTIVE
drooping
Synonyms


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Another accuser, whose 911 tape was played during opening statements, called emergency services weeping from her job at the Boys and Girls Club in Santa Monica immediately after she’d left Weinberg’s house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Walking back to the car, weeping behind my sunglasses, I was shaky and hot and breathless, my heart hammering in my chest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

The Buddha, seeing him bruised, bloody, and weeping, smiles and tells him he must bear it.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

One of the groups included a weeping mother who had lost her child.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

August is agitated and desperate, moving from window to window, hauling himself up by his fingertips, weeping, oozing contrition.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen


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