1
as in to drip
to flow forth slowly through small openings
water weeping through the basement wall
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as in to cry
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the child was weeping over the death of his dog
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Recent Examples of weep
On Thursday, the victim’s mother, Mal Elliot, wept in the gallery as Califf admitted to fatally shooting her son.
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
This mirrors the wedding of real-life heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt to the 9th Duke of Marlborough, during which she was reported to be seen weeping beneath her veil.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 July 2025
Some mourners openly wept, burying their faces in the Palestinian flags wrapped around the bodies.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Some students admitted that they were unsettled, and even moved, by the simple tableau of Heston weeping in front of the last symbol of an extinct civilization.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
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Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
This mirrors the wedding of real-life heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt to the 9th Duke of Marlborough, during which she was reported to be seen weeping beneath her veil.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 July 2025
Some mourners openly wept, burying their faces in the Palestinian flags wrapped around the bodies.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Some students admitted that they were unsettled, and even moved, by the simple tableau of Heston weeping in front of the last symbol of an extinct civilization.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weep
Verb
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After that, the Angels’ catcher had a brief, terse interaction with reporters, one dripping with frustration.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025
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Although eating peaches makes Conrad’s mouth itch, watching peach juice drip down Belly’s chin makes his heart itch.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Cena even blamed Truth for making that kid in Brussels cry.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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By this point four women had left the room, one crying.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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The 55-year-old northern Michigan man could hear his grandchildren crying in the background as their mother lay bleeding on the floor of a Walmart near Traverse City, where 10 others shared his daughter’s fate.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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UnitedHealth’s earnings keep beating expectations, yet the stock keeps bleeding.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
Verb
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His three children and U.S. citizen wife sobbed in the car.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
31 July 2025
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Myrtle Cook of Canada sobbed almost out of control.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
Verb
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Artificial intelligence is seeping into daily routines, helping to craft emails, keep track of schedules and manage other tasks more efficiently.—
Lorraine Mirabella,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Aug. 2025
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Even being seeped with so much history, having some of their most iconic treats and dishes being made for over 200 years, the kindness and ease of the people is truly what drew me in.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
31 July 2025
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The more people who visit the park, the more money flows into its leisure sector.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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In short, STEGs are devices where one side is cold and the other hot, and electricity flows through semiconductors placed between them.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Eva Marcille, who fans will recognize from The Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Young and the Restless, and winning America's Next Top Model cycle 3 after famously posing with a tarantula, will be sweating the orders, too.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Karen Read and her attorney Alan Jackson, who just signed on to the latest twist in this take-no-prisoners legal struggle, aren’t sweating the sad wrongful-death suit brought in Plymouth County by John O’Keefe’s family.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In a freeze state, the parent isn’t able to exude warmth or genuine interest which the child can pick up on.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
4 Aug. 2025
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Eyelet shorts are another more versatile option that still exudes plenty of style; try these eyelet shorts from Madewell that can be dressed up or down and are on sale for just $47.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Weep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weep. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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