bawl

I’m making my way over to my dad, and I’m just seeing him bawl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

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

I knew that I was going to bawl so I went to my room and lay down on the bed.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" 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

“The kid who comes down to the safe room and bawls their eyes out often is much better off than the student who doesn’t come down because it’s uncool,” says Baker.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 24, 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

“Camels bawled and ran, scattering loads of firewood in all directions,” Jones wrote.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024

At the Asian Games in October, Vaishali dragged Praggnanandhaa along on an hour-long walk and bawled to get a bad game out of her head.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2023

Allen joined the Zoom version, and after receiving feedback on her initial performance, “I turned my camera off and bawled my eyes out,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

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

Not even taking time to shake the water from his body, again he raised his head and bawled, and tore out down the bank.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

“She called us, bawling, and we were loading the dog, comforting her,” Dowd said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Gus was still bawling, but he was nowhere to be seen.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Stripped of his invulnerability, Homelander wilts into a bawling wimp, begging for his life on his knees.

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

Oscar Hartland, 16, who played Neil the Baby, left the cast "bawling their eyes out" as he performed Blackbird by The Beatles.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025

The baby looked back at the wolves, then turned back toward Seth and Kendra, bawling with renewed vigor, fresh tears streaming, tiny hands slapping the windowpanes.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull