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
Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
This was sobbing, chest-heaving crying — very wet and loud.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2024
Riley’s family cried and multiple gasps and sobs were heard in the courtroom when the first guilty decision was announced.
—Nicole Chavez, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Ferreira sobs hysterically, spouts horrific recounts of an abusive childhood, and slowly opens up, all in the span of a two-hour film.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
This was sobbing, chest-heaving crying — very wet and loud.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
In the opening scene of Robert Eggers‘ Nosferatu, Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) sobs in bed before hurrying to the window to look upon the shadow of the demon entrancing her, Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgard).
—Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2024
Riley’s family cried and multiple gasps and sobs were heard in the courtroom when the first guilty decision was announced.
—Nicole Chavez, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Sob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sob. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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