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to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the child sobbed when she found the dead frog
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Recent Examples of sobbing
Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025
Whether wasted out of her mind after Hedda Gabler (Tessa Thompson) coaxes Hoss’ imperious literature professor off the wagon, or a sobbing, heaving wreck of herself when the pages of her latest book go missing at a 1950s mansion party.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025
This show is equal parts feel-good and pass-me-the-tissues-because-I’m-sobbing.
—Nikki Sternberg, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
Russ Bynum, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
As the cheering faded, she could be heard sobbing, overcome by the frightening moments that had just passed.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Yet the photo failed to go as planned, as her daughter, Blossom, is seen sobbing in Kulture's arms, next to a distracted Wave.
—Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 25 Dec. 2025
The image hinted that Wyatt, who was in disbelief, and Bennett, who was sobbing, may have been hoping for a baby brother.
—Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
In a heartbreaking video, a partially paralyzed dog is caught twitching his paws in his sleep, and internet users can’t stop sobbing.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
However, the Hunger Games alum began sobbing once again after sharing a story about a comment that got lost in translation on the film's Canadian set.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
Sigg fell to the floor, sobbing.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Now instead of celebrating his release, Adel was sobbing.
—Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
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Then, in the first quarter, Haliburton fell to the court just beyond the three, banging his fist and sobbing.
—Verb
Bystander video from the shooting scene shows a sobbing woman who says the person shot was her wife.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobbing
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But his crying scene in Ford v Ferrari is one for the ages.—
Noun
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Immediately drop spoonfuls of meringue onto hot pie filling, and carefully spread meringue to cover top completely, spreading to edge of crust to prevent shrinkage or weeping.—
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In another video, posted to X by Haaretz journalist Nir Hasson, a group of children, still in their performance costumes, can be seen weeping and panicking as they are ordered from the building.—
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Sitting opposite an old people’s home in a residential corner of Paris’ 14th arrondissement, La Santé’s unassuming presence is only given away by the occasional wailing siren as prisoners are transported to and from the site.—
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How to Watch North Carolina at Syracuse Bill Belichick’s first season as North Carolina head coach is winding to a whimpering close, but an ACC win over Syracuse under the Friday Night Lights would sure turn some frowns upside down at Chapel Hill.—
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And since then, his crying and whining have increased.—
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As seen and heard this week at the SEC spring meetings, the whining over that has not ceased.—
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“Sobbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sobbing. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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