bawl
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The moment that mournful violins sound out their familiar melody, I bawl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
The meeting was called after Thursday’s bawl on Copacabana that saw nine arrested across the city’s affluent southern zone, police said.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 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
To those ready to bawl their eyes out as the finale's end credits roll, maybe we should call it an ordeal willingly undertaken.
From Salon ● May 25, 2022
I’d never heard my dog bawl like that.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
“And this is me finishing it!” she bawls into the camera, the onscreen captions helpfully describing “dramatic wailing & yelling.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2021
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
And then, “My name is Kiiiid,” he bawls, dragging one syllable out for two measures.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 17, 2016
BST14:14 “Cut the references to shrunken underpants, Doyle, this is a banter-free zone,” bawls Justin Kavanagh, on behalf of Mourinho.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2015
Of course, Jimmy bawls and won’t go another step, and your partner gives you that disdainful, I-should-have-married-the-quarterback look because you haven’t gone 400 yards.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
“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
"Oh my God, I cried. I bawled my eyes out," said Alfred.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
I didn’t want to cry then but it just happened: I bawled.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2022
In Mr. Totti’s final game, generations of Italians shed a tear, and Romans bawled uncontrollably, as the star took a victory lap around the field with Ms. Blasi and his children.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
The orders came, bawled by a bull sergeant.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
"When she came on stage, I was right at the front, so I was literally bawling," added Poppy from Kent.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Stripped of his invulnerability, Homelander wilts into a bawling wimp, begging for his life on his knees.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
“I just remember bawling all morning and just feeling so stressed,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
He added that after performing in front of the cast they were "bawling their eyes out".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
Started bawling again when I had to say good-bye to Jamie.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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