weeping

Example Sentences

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"No words of compassion can ease this pain of loss, this burden of great suffering, when one must bury young people," the priest told black-clothed mourners, weeping or clutching flowers and holding each other.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

All that said, what most moved me about the film might’ve been the many shots of weeping teens in the audience.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

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

He felt exceedingly sorry for her and still more for himself in having to lose so good a wife, and he stood weeping beside her as she died.

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