sob

Suddenly, articulating what I saw—the creative writing projects I hoped to tackle, my pride at seeing my child launch into adulthood—I found myself stifling a sob.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

“I’ll never forget this part of my life,” she said, and, behind sunglasses, began to sob.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

And Dana takes that pause to let a sob break through her hard surface.

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026

She was ferried to Jordan, where on her first morning since leaving Gaza she went down to breakfast, saw a buffet overflowing with food, and began to sob.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2025

There was a sob in Chess’s throat, too, and it was threatening to burst out.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Between my sobs and his sighs, the other servers tucked past, wondering what was happening but not really wanting to deal with the crazy person watching their co-worker badger-dig into the bowels of this cabinet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The sister of Maureen Brainard-Barnes broke down into sobs as she talked about how much she missed her.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

She says she felt the stares of the press sitting behind her in the gallery, taking notes on her body language and her daughter Ashley’s sobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Her voice choked with sobs, she said she was forced to observe Ramadan out of her own home for the first time in the two decades she has lived there.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

Her whole body heaved with sobs and snot ran down her face and she didn’t even bother to wipe it off.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

“I hit the floor and sobbed like a baby,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

She added: "I sobbed for hours and then exhaled for the first time in a year."

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Dressed in a checked blazer in court, Parker sobbed and put her head on the defendant's table as the judge dismissed the charges against her.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

When she died at home, where she had asked to be, I held her tightly and sobbed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

He looked away first, turning to watch Taryn, on her knees, shaking Mom while she sobbed, as though she was trying to wake her up.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

This momentarily disarms Vytas and Marija, but afterward we see them sobbing quietly in separate rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

“I’m actually only going to speak about what happened after I left that set of my own film adaptation, hyperventilating and sobbing, and there are many witnesses, so it’s not really a secret.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

The movie has a pastoral coziness and lots of silly humor, but it’s also a moving meditation on death that has adults sobbing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

He could be seen sobbing with relief and later hugging his wife as the verdicts were returned.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

I stood there, my forehead against the wall of Anna’s house, feeling its roughness against my skin, sobbing, as Anna rested her hands on my shoulders.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff