weep

"We were forced to leave because of the Houthis," she told AFP, adding: "My children are still there -- they couldn't get out. I weep for them every day, waiting for them to escape."

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

“One day I’ll weep for this,” David thinks, a day that comes soon enough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

All I wanted then was to sink into a pot of chicken-and-rice stew and weep.

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2025

There is a sense of disbelief in this Sierra Leonean village as people weep in front of the bodies of two teenage boys wrapped in white cloth.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

Upon hearing the final verse, the urge to weep pierced me like a knife in the gut.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Daniela Lopez, 40, weeps as she speaks with the psychologist.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

Romvari weeps as she spreads them out on a table, saying “hi” softly to her brothers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

No college basketball fan weeps for the Blue Devils’ bad luck, but Duke knows better than most that a great regular season doesn’t guarantee a championship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

When I ask about the reunion with his family, Sergei lifts a hand to his face and weeps.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and church bells all over ring out the Angelus and Nurse O’Halloran weeps for the waste of a dress, that child still in there and me in me finery.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

He renders the original’s panoply of suffering in accessible English, as in this view of Satan: “With six eyes / He wept, and three chins let the foul tears fall / And bloody foam.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Zhang Xue wept with joy and furiously waved a Chinese flag as he watched his company's superbike scream across the finish line four seconds ahead of competitors in only its third world championship race.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

A man and woman held each other and wept – relatives of the dead man.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

When Morton heard that Nolan wanted to meet her for “The Odyssey,” she says she wept.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

She wept heartbroken tears, tears as inconsolable as Lady Meng’s and as despairing as Nuwa’s.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

What Howrey delivers with “Body Language” is a novel that covers all that ground while keeping the reader on the edge of their seat, alternately howling with laughter, holding their breath awaiting resolution, and weeping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The Buddha, seeing him bruised, bloody, and weeping, smiles and tells him he must bear it.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

The capital was draped in black; thousands lined the streets, weeping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

One of the groups included a weeping mother who had lost her child.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket