sob
Example Sentences
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They fell over the little girl, sobbing with relief.
From Literature
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"Three families lived off this place. Look what they’ve done to me. I'm 55 years old. What job can I do now?" the livestock farmer sobbed.
From Barron's
How long I lay on my bed sobbing for the one love of my life I do not know.
From Literature
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It is the sound of a people in despair that I shall never forget: the weeping, the sobbing, the screaming and the praying.
From Literature
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Milton said he and his wife both began sobbing.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.