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as in bowing
bending downward or forward
with its long, weeping fronds, this plant makes a nice ornamental
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as in mournful
expressing or suggesting mourning
a weeping song about a long-lost love
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as in crying
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as in dripping
to flow forth slowly through small openings
water weeping through the basement wall
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as in sobbing
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 weeping
Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
Ruby Falls’ also takes up less room because of its weeping habit.
—Boston.com Real Estate, 1 Oct. 2019
Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The weeping judges reached for the 10 paddles for a perfect score.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2019
Ruby Falls’ also takes up less room because of its weeping habit.
—Boston.com Real Estate, 1 Oct. 2019
Verb
When you’re done weeping into a pillow, please take a moment and consider a few questions.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Very few directors working today can put across a movie like Gladiator II as convincingly, which perhaps explains why the sequel — for all its barbaric violence and the plaintive, at times stirring, discussions about justice and democracy — doesn’t have the mournful quality that the first film did.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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Russell Crowe beating people to death in a soulful, mournful way?Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
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A little over a year later, Dallas County struck a similar deal, with one major difference: While Tarrant County families who couldn’t afford to make funeral arrangements were given an option to donate their relatives’ bodies to the center, Dallas County gave survivors no choice.Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
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The deceased who are buried at the site would likely have been burnt on funeral pyres.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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One protester was taken to an ambulance due to bleeding.Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Strokes are caused when a blood clot blocks blood flow to the brain or, less frequently, when a blood vessel ruptures and causes bleeding in the brain.Meg Tirrell, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
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Jeremy Strong forwent a classic suit and tie in favor of a bowed necktie, giving his tailored look the perfect dash of whimsy.Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 June 2024
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Leading stars such as Colman Domingo, Cillian Murphy, and Sterling K. Brown found interesting ways to update the classic tuxedo—whether by adding brooches, a glitzy shoe, or in Murphy's case, a chic little bowed necktie.Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
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Monét began her tweet with five heartbroken emojis.Anna Chan, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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Animal lovers have been left heartbroken by a dog who has already been adopted and returned to the shelter twice in her young life.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Walking upright slowed the transit of food through the system, meaning that waste material became lodged in the bands of the large intestine, setting the flora of the gut off balance and seeping poison into the rest of the body.Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
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The Pit is a lot fairer now, with the holy law of share and share alike seeping deeper into the tower with each rotation.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
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But the only sound from within was the faint whining of a dog.Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
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The soundtrack of this and every summer is my incessant whining to the beat of a whirring fan.Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
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Others, though, aren’t yet sweating about the strike.Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2024
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Amazon Infrared Sauna Blanket-Sauna Blanket for Home Use This product is designed to inhibit sweating by raising body temperture in order to mimic the effects of a sauna.Mason Leib, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Weeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weeping. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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