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
I had to, because I really was about to bawl.
From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt
“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
‘Chestnuts all ’ot, a penny a score,’ bawls another.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2017
Sort of like a child who throws his lollipop onto the carpet, then bawls because he can’t have it anymore?
From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2016
He lunged and let out one of his famous catch-a-rabbit bawls.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
“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
“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
Oh my God, when I’m crying in that scene, I’m actually crying because that’s me — in that moment, I just bawled.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
About halfway over and while still in the air he bawled.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
It was a powerful moment, and all around me even the men were bawling like a bridesmaid at her best friend’s wedding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Stripped of his invulnerability, Homelander wilts into a bawling wimp, begging for his life on his knees.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
I'm sick of watching Tav lose it and start shouting and bawling at them all.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
But the book comes superbly to life in its character sketches, its bawling dialogue and its rugged sense of place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
The twins, bawling in Tía Cuca’s arms, were two weeks old.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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