sobbing

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Bodycam footage recorded by the officers shows his mother, Coutts, sobbing on the floor and telling them it was "unfair".

From BBC • May 11, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Cameras cut to her fans, some of whom were shown sobbing on the jumbotron, wearing traditional Colombian Vueltiao hats and waving their flags with glee.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

He put out his arms and folded her to his breast; and for a while she lay there sobbing.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker