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as in drips
to flow forth slowly through small openings
water weeping through the basement wall
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2
as in cries
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 weeps
As Tetyana weeps, the soldier gently admonishes her fuss.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weeps
Verb
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Kirsh drips with chilly, sneering contempt for the non-mechanical.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Brown removes his hooded sweatshirt and walks to another end of the train car as blood drips onto the floor behind him.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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When Henry is gone, Seema cries.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Faustus cries, as demons, closing the deal, prepare to pull him down to the pit.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This is where frustration seeps in.—
Richie Etwaru,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Even parked cars can suffer from water damage when the rising flood hits the undercarriage or seeps through the doorways.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Darcey sobs as Georgi continues to defend himself for not easily opening up to others.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Dever threw the compliment right back at Pascal and Ramsey, for the scene when Ramsey’s Ellie sobs over Joel’s lifeless body.—
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HollywoodReporter,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The new star shines because its surface is hot, but the energy fueling that luminosity percolates up from its core.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The new star shines because its surface is hot, but the energy fueling that luminosity percolates up from its core.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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It's supplied in a compact 30-ml syringe and can be quickly applied in the field before a patient bleeds out, a risk responsible for more than 35% of all prehospital deaths.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Movies about people who fight for a living tend to show how the violence bleeds out into the world outside the ring.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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An inner radiative zone (makes up 70 percent of the Sun by radius), where energy flows smoothly and the whole region spins together like a solid ball, and the outer convective zone (the remaining 30 percent), where hot gases swirl chaotically and spin at different speeds depending on location.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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And just like historical colonialism, this influence flows primarily in one direction – from powerful tech companies to the rest of us.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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This high vibration exudes a magnetic, sexy confidence that eludes many younger women.—
Linsey Hughes,
Flow Space,
10 Sep. 2025
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David Dastmalchian also brings his singularly bizarre persona into the last act of the film as one of the many hitmen coming for Resident 5B, while the otherworldly Sheila Atim rounds out the cast as an FBI agent who exudes big Pam Grier energy.—
Marya E. Gates,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Weeps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weeps. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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