weep
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For one thing, the actor made viewers weep with his Emmy-winning turn as Bill, a man who found unexpected love in “The Last of Us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
Simons charged investors 5% management plus 44% of profits — and billionaires who negotiate prenups that would make Machiavelli weep begged to get in.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2025
She would, otherwise, certainly have fallen down, or begun to weep.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Daniela Lopez, 40, weeps as she speaks with the psychologist.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 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
After a final goodbye, Glinda hides away and weeps while watching Dorothy melt Elphaba — a sequence shown only in shadow, through the crack of a closet door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
When I ask about the reunion with his family, Sergei lifts a hand to his face and weeps.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
The old man falls forward, arms thrown out in front of him, and weeps with gratitude.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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
VANCOUVER, Canada — When the first men’s World Cup game played in Canada kicked off last week, Anthony Totera sat in the stands and wept.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
In the footage broadcast by state media, women wept over the graves; some carried photos of the deceased.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Easy: Yesterday, I was not only gripping the armrest but gripping the hand of the flight attendant who was sitting down in the aisle, soothing me as I hyperventilated and wept.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
Their neighbors had not been good to the old couple; nevertheless standing there they wept for them.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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
Amena al-Shami stood looking at her son Hassain Sheaito's coffin, weeping while women hugged her.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
“Dog Squad!” shouted a weeping mother dog on the far shore of the river.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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