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verb

ˈsäb

Definition of sob

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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noun

as in tears

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On Thursday, Clancy loudly sobbed, shuddered and covered her face with her hands as a medical examiner testified about Callan’s autopsy. — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 Kotzmacher fell into her little sister's arms sobbing after the walk-off loss. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

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One juror burst into loud sobs after a detective displayed three plastic pots that had held Jimmy‘s remains. — Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026 Yet there’s surprisingly little scientific research on the matter, leaving the question of whether there are actually emotional benefits to a nice sob session. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sob

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Students streamed out of the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, on the capital's northwestern outskirts, as the wounded were loaded on to ambulances and teachers hugged each other and cried.

— Chalinee Thirasupa, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Once at the station, Komoroski is seen at first refusing to sit and once seated, starts to cry.

— Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of cry

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Past a large red barn and a pair of weeping willows framing a pond, the stately two-story structure comes into view.

— Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026
Clancy, 35, wept at the defense table as ex-husband Patrick Clancy and other witnesses testified last week about the killings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of weep

Noun

The grant program is administered by the State Elections Enforcement Commission, or SEEC, Connecticut’s elections watchdog, and campaign treasurers grumble and groan to this day about nit-picking SEEC expenditures accountability requirements.

— Elona Vaisnys, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
This reality might produce some groans among the kiddos in your lives, but parents can revel in the fact that BTS sales abound.

— Melissa Knific, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

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