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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
When Bad Bunny climbed those electrical poles, the way neighbors once did to try to fix them themselves, my mother wept.
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Lara N. Dotson-Renta, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Dozens of fertilizer bags wept blue fluid onto the forest floor.
—Rachel Becker, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Outside, victims and supporters wept, hugged and wore yellow ribbons.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Children in classrooms across the country fell silent as their teachers wept at the loss of a colleague.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Passengers and their accompanying relatives wept openly.
—Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Mourners wept over the journalists' bodies, which were in body bags and had press vests placed on their chests.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2026
Littles' mother, Latoya Taylor, wept in court.
—January 21, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Artemis then returned to the slain Orion and wept over him for hours and hours.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
Lara N. Dotson-Renta, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Dozens of fertilizer bags wept blue fluid onto the forest floor.
—Rachel Becker, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Outside, victims and supporters wept, hugged and wore yellow ribbons.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Children in classrooms across the country fell silent as their teachers wept at the loss of a colleague.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Passengers and their accompanying relatives wept openly.
—Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Mourners wept over the journalists' bodies, which were in body bags and had press vests placed on their chests.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2026
Littles' mother, Latoya Taylor, wept in court.
—January 21, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Artemis then returned to the slain Orion and wept over him for hours and hours.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wept
Verb
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That included expert testimony that blood stains on Ryan's hands suggested Christine Banfield's blood had been dripped onto him from above.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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Johansson super-sized the radiance with her accessories, showing off a pair of dainty silver dangling earrings that dripped with pearls and diamonds.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
17 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In front of a raucous home crowd, Italy held off Georgia for the bronze medal behind a dazzling free skate from Matteo Rizzo, who dropped to his knees on the ice and cried.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Duran looked down at the defense table as the verdict was read while Duprey’s mother, Gretchen Soto, and his partner, Pearl Velez, the mother of his two children, cried in the gallery.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In 2026 skin care has bled into nearly every facet of beauty, with common skin ingredients appearing in makeup, hair care, and nail care formulas.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
6 Feb. 2026
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Bloomberg calculated an iShares ETF tracking software stocks has bled roughly $1 trillion over the past seven trading days.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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For decades, a significant share of the world's rough diamonds flowed into Antwerp from Russia.—
Chris Livesay,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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This time, condemnations flowed from across the spectrum — along with demands for an apology that had not come by late afternoon.—
Bill Barrow,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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This week, the 58-year-old actress stepped out in a monochromatic look that exuded spring vibes despite being totally appropriate for the cold weather in New York.—
Jordan Julian,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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Rostropovich exuded, in the Kennedy Center aura, the expression of an overwhelmingly triumphant celebration of the end of the Soviet repression.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Tiny beads of blood had seeped out and dried into tiny specks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
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Sunlight seeped in from the edges of the two big windows, revealing details in apricot suede, camel leather, and vermilion lacquer.—
Adam Erace,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
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Some of the league’s rival stakeholders have made such a push for clarity that speculation about Seattle’s future has oozed into the Super Bowl news cycle.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Courtesy of a steady diet of driving-and-dishing, coupled with picturesque back door cuts, the Red Devils oozed confidence in the first eight minutes.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Wept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wept. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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