sobbed

VERB

cry hard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bawl break down howl wail weep whimper

STRONG

blub blubber lament snivel

WEAK

boohoo cry a river cry convulsively cry eyes out shed tears turn on waterworks

Example Sentences

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Sobbed my way through the last twenty minutes.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2023

Sobbed the onetime U. S. Public Enemy No. 1: "Why don't these fellows like me?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Sobbed Foreman Frank Davis, one of those rescued: "No chance, no chance."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sobbed he: "I wanted that reputation more than anything else in the world."

From Time Magazine Archive

And the Fir Tree, tall and somber, Sobbed through all its robes of darkness, Rattled like a shore with pebbles, 5 Answered wailing, answered weeping, "Take my balm, O Hiawatha!"

From Graded Poetry: Third Year by Various