sobbing

Example Sentences

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“He was sitting in my office sobbing his eyes out,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Body-worn camera footage released by Merseyside Police showed Klevi Pirjani sobbing on the floor of his home as an officer tries to reassure him that his son was "in the best hands".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

"He did not want to leave the town. He stayed, but is now in the cemetery," she told AFP, sobbing in the church hall.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

"My head exploded, I was sobbing on the phone," Ogier said.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Any second now, they’d be throwing themselves into hugs, sobbing onto each other’s shoulders, proclaiming, “Nobody understands me but you!”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix