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I’m telling you, I get sobby just watching the video clip of this from the Tonys.

From Washington Post

They sleep through situations that usually call for sobby sentiment, squabble when they should be snoring, sulk when they should be squirming.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Blackett advertising agency, Blackett-Sample-Hummert, Inc., does the biggest business in radio: mostly sobby, low-cost network serials plugging household helps, headache remedies, beauty aids, etc. to U. S. housewives.

From Time Magazine Archive

It became a hit, with just as sobby words, in Germany as Rosamunde, in Denmark as Skon en min Kone, in Sweden as Ut i Naturen.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I’ll go with you,” I said, but my voice was all sobby and choked, so I cleared my throat and said it again.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry




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