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as in dripped
to flow forth slowly through small openings
water weeping through the basement wall
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as in cried
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 wept
Both hosts often wept as Guthrie described her emotional journey through the increasingly discouraging investigation into her mother’s whereabouts.
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Andy Rose, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
My sister, who is a doctor and usually the stoic one, wept.
—Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
Several people wept and swayed.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
Women and children wept when telling their stories, recalls Nicolene Arcaina, a now-31-year-old lawyer who was named by the ICC as the case manager for the victims.
—Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Helen wept quietly, believing her world had come to an end, while Alice, always comfortable with attention, cried more lustily.
—Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Parents wept over their children’s bodies.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2026
Some relatives of victims wept as the verdicts were read.
—Jeff Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Night after night inside Dilley with hundreds of other families, the grade-schooler wept and pleaded to know why they were being held.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
Andy Rose, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
My sister, who is a doctor and usually the stoic one, wept.
—Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
Several people wept and swayed.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
Women and children wept when telling their stories, recalls Nicolene Arcaina, a now-31-year-old lawyer who was named by the ICC as the case manager for the victims.
—Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Helen wept quietly, believing her world had come to an end, while Alice, always comfortable with attention, cried more lustily.
—Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Parents wept over their children’s bodies.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2026
Some relatives of victims wept as the verdicts were read.
—Jeff Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Night after night inside Dilley with hundreds of other families, the grade-schooler wept and pleaded to know why they were being held.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wept
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And no one actually wanted scalding oil dripped onto them from above at a NYE party.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
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Inside Brothers, student Trip Condon spoke between sips from beer dripped from the spigot of a beer tower.—
Aidan Sadovi,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Jonathan Kennedy, a tow truck operator, cried too.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 27,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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Classmates held pink flowers and cried, and her grandparents thanked everyone for coming.—
Angela George,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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That tourism-ad Zambia, with views of Mosi-oa-Tunya and sunrises that bled color into the marshmallow-white of the clouds through the raging waterfall, or the sound of Lake Bangweulu whipping the white beach as lullaby.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Mar. 2026
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This attitude, said Von and Vaughn, bled into the late-night TV landscape, plaguing the programs hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and more.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Family members, wearing yellow with buttons that pictured Preston, sobbed throughout much of the hearing.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Haugh buried his head in the hardwood and sobbed.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has declared the Strait of Hormuz — a waterway through which around 20% of the world's crude oil supply flowed until the war — closed to any ships not explicitly granted permission by Tehran, warning of a severe response for any violators.—
Ramy Inocencio,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Some $469 million has flowed into the ETF just since Jan 1.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Asked about the prospect of Republicans keeping Democrats out of the top two spots, national campaign officials who spoke with USA TODAY exuded optimism and spotlighted the party's history of success in the state.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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Junior exuded an aura of rebellious elegance — clad in black with an Amiri bomber jacket, sunglasses and a long silver chain attached to his pants, and sipping on a red cup.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
15 Mar. 2026
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But in recent years, the glittering spectacle, meant to celebrate unity, has been overshadowed by global conflicts which have seeped onto the stage.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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That’s because a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has spread more than 370 miles across the water and seeped into seven nature reserves.—
Félix Márquez,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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Another showed a baby eating an apple that oozed blood.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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Lindgren oozed confidence that it could be done.—
Bill Hancock,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2026
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