- present participle of weep.
weeping
Example Sentences
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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
"I doubt I could have done that if I'd been employed," she says, "and I think I'd have been weeping in the toilets at the office."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
During Arbaeen, they show their grief, mourning with weeping and wailing in memory of Hussein.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
The real return isn’t in hotel occupancy or pounds of ribs sold; it’s in the 90 minutes when 40 million Iraqis narrowed to one—a man weeping over a goal that meant nothing and everything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Maggie was troubled, “I … twice dreamt that you were very, very ill; and I waked each time weeping bitterly.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
