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

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

Then taking up his helmet he left her and she went to her house, often looking back at him and weeping bitterly.

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