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[sob] / sɒb /


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I gave the staff at each of them my sob story, lamenting over my lost wedding dress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

"It's part of her character, but what I didn't want to do was make a sob story."

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

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

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

When her throat hurts from yelling, she leans against the wall, buries her face in the crook of her elbow, and tries to swallow a shuddering sob.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Ma Moe San Pan sobs the words through gulps of air.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

On the very next page Jake, stoic and aloof up to this point, sobs himself to sleep, alone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“I can’t recognize him in this picture,” the doctor said between sobs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Instead, the vice president claims “Erika told Usha between sobs that she regretted having only two kids with Charlie,” and that’s what changed his wife’s mind.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

I burst into racking sobs, then heard heavy footsteps bearing down the corridor.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Rachel Reyes sobbed as she recounted the moments leading up to the death of her son, Martinez.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

"Cover the shame of your teacher. Everyone makes mistakes, my child," he sobbed.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

"I fell apart and just sobbed and sobbed," said the mum from St Neots, Cambridgeshire.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Gartshore appeared via videolink at the 25-minute hearing, during which she sobbed and wiped away tears.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

His eyes brimmed with such pity and sadness, I sobbed and crumpled over myself, ashamed at how close I had come, so very close, just to fail.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

"This has been one of the most beautiful extraordinary experiences of my life and I just wanted to express my gratitude without sobbing completely," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

A sobbing girl, no more than six years old, sat alone on a hospital bed, her family yet to visit.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 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

Sancho, the niece, and the housekeeper could not stop sobbing.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios


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