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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Recent Examples of sob
Tom Smyth, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
The Los Angeles courtroom, full of fans of the hip-hop performer and his singing superstar partner, exploded into screaming glee as Rocky and Rihanna embraced and sobbed.
—Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Lincee Ray, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Now, in a small hospital where soft sobs echoed off the sterile linoleum floors, Aaron Easton, the boy Sara married who grew up to be Marysville’s police chief, explained what happened: Sara had shot herself in the head.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Danielle literally falls to the ground, sobbing and hyperventilating.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
The Los Angeles courtroom, full of fans of the hip-hop performer and his singing superstar partner, exploded into screaming glee as Rocky and Rihanna embraced and sobbed.
—Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
When Jamie cuts a lock of her hair so Fanny can have a piece of her sister, my tears turn to sobs.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Now, in a small hospital where soft sobs echoed off the sterile linoleum floors, Aaron Easton, the boy Sara married who grew up to be Marysville’s police chief, explained what happened: Sara had shot herself in the head.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Sob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sob. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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