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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as in tears
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Recent Examples of sob
Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
This raw, vulnerable and unpredictable version of Tiffany Haddish leaves the viewer crying with laughter and sobbing from heartfelt, relatable, real-time self-healing.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 9 May 2025
Justin L. MacK, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
Williams added a pretty pastel bathroom, perfect for a midday sob, printed on a T-shirt and floral patterned Korean toilet paper inspired miniskirts and cool slouchy dresses.
—Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 28 Mar. 2025
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Verb
His mother was visibly shaken, sobbing under a burgundy-colored hoodie, her face hidden.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
This raw, vulnerable and unpredictable version of Tiffany Haddish leaves the viewer crying with laughter and sobbing from heartfelt, relatable, real-time self-healing.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 9 May 2025
Noun
Screams, sobs and unsettling laughter came from all directions as the actors did their thing.
—Justin L. MacK, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
Williams added a pretty pastel bathroom, perfect for a midday sob, printed on a T-shirt and floral patterned Korean toilet paper inspired miniskirts and cool slouchy dresses.
—Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sob
Verb
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Kids at school have always cried over the tragic loss of a fellow student, and girls in the audience would weep as a ritual part of Beatlemania.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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Last week, Jane cried throughout her testimony, leaving the witness box in tears after recounting a seemingly never-ending freak-off during what was supposed to be a romantic, one-on-one birthday celebration with Combs in 2023.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
Verb
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When the cameras cut to the crowd, her fans were weeping for her.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
9 June 2025
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She was helped to a sitting position squeezed between two weeping men, one of whom was rowing.—
Jim Shepard,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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“Sob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sob. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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