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as in cried
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
he bawled for days after his dog died
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as in shouted
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
the mover was bawling for help as the refrigerator was about to slip out of his hands
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Recent Examples of bawled
The kid just broke down and bawled.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bawled
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Family members of the shooting victims cried as the sentence was handed down.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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The teenager cried that morning.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Witherspoon shouted in the same way Captain America assembles the Avengers.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Footage showed dozens of people being arrested as agitators shouted insults at state patrol officers, tore down yellow police tape and hurled lewd objects at law enforcement.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Standing over the memorial that has grown to take up the length of a building, a man in a The North Face jacket sobbed quietly.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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When Gonzales was acquitted, bereaved family members silently sobbed while others were seen holding their faces and wiping tears.—
Matthew J. Friedman,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Schneider yelled to the cheering crowd.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Feb. 2026
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Cook said that Parker pulled out her phone and yelled at the suspects to leave.—
Briauna Brown,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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When Bad Bunny climbed those electrical poles, the way neighbors once did to try to fix them themselves, my mother wept.—
Lara N. Dotson-Renta,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Dozens of fertilizer bags wept blue fluid onto the forest floor.—
Rachel Becker,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Mills raised his leg and screamed in celebration — one of the iconic moments in Seattle’s 29-13 victory as its defense smothered the Patriots.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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Alongside the restaurant, a scrum of reporters screamed at the famous passersby for a soundbite.—
René Guzman,
San Antonio Express-News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Bawled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bawled. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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