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
Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
Instead of taking the loss and remembering that there are other dogs out there to love, her immediate reaction is to declare Pepper better off anyway, and then retreat to her car to sob.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
My wife screams, cries and sobs during these conversations.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
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Riley's family and friends sobbed as the judge announced his verdict before noon on Wednesday.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
Instead of taking the loss and remembering that there are other dogs out there to love, her immediate reaction is to declare Pepper better off anyway, and then retreat to her car to sob.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
Phillips stuttered through hysterical sobs to tell Horner she’d been raped.
—Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
My wife screams, cries and sobs during these conversations.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Sob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sob. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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