sobbing

Example Sentences

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“I can’t even tell you the number of people that have approached me, just openly sobbing with happiness,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 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

"I was trying to keep the phone still to film her and sobbing at the same time," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 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

Master Gogolev sat scribbling his poems and sobbing in a corner, where he could safely be ignored.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood