weeping

Example Sentences

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She let out a loud scream and started weeping at the sight of the children.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

She struggled with it, she confronted it, and finally, on a clear day in the Alps, she conquered it again, weeping at the finish line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

It felt like a piece of my childhood died along with the actor who played Dawson Leery, but it wasn’t just a parasocial relationship that had me weeping next to the soap dispenser.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl warned she would boot the moms if they could not contain their weeping.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

They surrounded Odysseus, weeping and laughing and welcoming him home until they stirred within his own heart the desire to weep.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton