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
Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
Fons’ Mandane was every bit as gripping, too, sharpening her luxurious mezzo to deadly points in the first act and lacing it with sobs in the third.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
Becca Longmire, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The woman, which court documents said witnessed her daughter bleeding from the gunshot, sobbed after speaking.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The 😭 might suggest laughter too now, in addition to its sobs.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
Fons’ Mandane was every bit as gripping, too, sharpening her luxurious mezzo to deadly points in the first act and lacing it with sobs in the third.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
Noun
The teen, whose mother also sobbed in court as her son was sentenced on Tuesday, had pleaded guilty to charges including culpable driving causing death, theft, and failing to render assistance in July, the Sydney Morning Herald noted.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The woman, which court documents said witnessed her daughter bleeding from the gunshot, sobbed after speaking.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sob
Verb
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Colman recalled crying on the set of the BBC's TV adaptation of Les Misérables after a scene in which her character hits a child.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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In episode 3, which came out in April, Howard’s character cries when Seth Rogen’s studio head character gives him a difficult piece of feedback, resulting in Howard angrily throwing his signature baseball cap at him.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Through tears, the father of slain Nasir Delaney-Rowland shared a statement in court that his son was one of a kind.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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There were toasts, happy tears and everyone is thrilled for them.—
Sarah Jones,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Family matriarch Donna Adelson was scolded by a judge Thursday for weeping in the courtroom after being convicted of orchestrating a 2014 murder-for-hire plot of her former son-in-law, a prominent Florida State University law professor.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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One, there's not a lot of moisture weeping out onto your pie crust.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The tightly wound tension is maintained also by Volker Bertelmann’s propulsive score, which starts with ominous juddering groans and keeps shapeshifting throughout.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
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Treat it as a sounding board for album names, tour titles and hook ideas… the stuff that would make your spouse or best friend groan.—
Seth Yudof,
Rolling Stone,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Sob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sob. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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