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

Naser Fadel, 60, who has lived all his life in the neighbourhood, stood at his small store weeping.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

It is the sound of a people in despair that I shall never forget: the weeping, the sobbing, the screaming and the praying.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo