with its long, weeping fronds, this plant makes a nice ornamental
a weeping song about a long-lost love
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022 The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021 The preview clip from tonight’s episode promises more weeping, awkward conversations, and women trying to keep their mascara from getting all over their faces.—oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2020 Neither weeping woman, goddess or doormat, Maar is a transfixing figure.—The Economist, 3 Dec. 2019 See all Example Sentences for weeping
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of weeping was
before the 12th century
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