as in to cry
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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as in tears
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CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
And Jenn had to just sit there and watch it, sobbing the whole time.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2024
Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
Shehzad was sharing a bed, head to toe, with another woman, a heart-attack survivor who was being embraced by her family members, some of them shaking with sobs.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
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Verb
Some people in the courtroom gallery sobbed as the video was played, while Stines looked down.
—CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
And Jenn had to just sit there and watch it, sobbing the whole time.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2024
Noun
Everyone else at the rehearsal dinner was as shocked as the bride-to-be, as shown by the reactions of her sister by her side at the dinner table, and later in the video, by her grandparents' heartfelt sobs.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
Shehzad was sharing a bed, head to toe, with another woman, a heart-attack survivor who was being embraced by her family members, some of them shaking with sobs.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Sob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sob. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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