bawl
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A fan since the age of four, he has travelled with his mum Penny, and added: "I'm just going to bawl my eyes out the whole time, I just know that for a fact."
From BBC • May 16, 2023
The punchline rocks the audience, who bawl with laughter, interspersed with oohing.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2023
“The next thing you know you’re sitting in a chair ready to bawl your eyes out,” he recalled.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2021
“So many scenes, I would do it five different ways. I’m like, ‘OK, this one, we’re gonna be funny,’ and then the next one, I would bawl my eyes out.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2021
His old tail started thumping the ground, then he opened his mouth and let out a bawl that scared the chickens out of the barn.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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