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sobbing

NOUN

cry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

wailing weeping

STRONG

bawl bawling bewailing blubber blubbering howl howling keening lament lamentation mourning snivel snivelling sob sorrowing tear tears weep whimpering yowl

WEAK

shedding tears the blues

Example Sentences

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Khwaja Ahmad barely gets out a few words before he starts sobbing.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

“I grabbed two girls and there was a third one that I didn’t grab,” Edward recalled, sobbing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 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

We find him curled up and sobbing like a baby.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas