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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Recent Examples of sob
Chris Young Ritzen, CBS News, 10 May 2025
Grief arrives in waves — sometimes in quiet tears, sometimes in guttural sobs, sometimes in the simple, brutal ache of reaching for your phone to text her, only to remember a painstaking reality.
—Carissa Talmage, People.com, 2 May 2025
Aya Al-Hakim, People.com, 7 July 2025
Less than a minute into this week’s episode, Julia starts sobbing while practicing opera.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 3 July 2025
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Verb
When the guilty verdict was read, Lori Leonard's family burst into cheers and sobs, but Shawn Doyle showed little reaction.
—Chris Young Ritzen, CBS News, 10 May 2025
Grief arrives in waves — sometimes in quiet tears, sometimes in guttural sobs, sometimes in the simple, brutal ache of reaching for your phone to text her, only to remember a painstaking reality.
—Carissa Talmage, People.com, 2 May 2025
Noun
The emotional toll is enormous: Dream returns to the Dreaming and washes Orpheus’ blood from his hands, sobbing in solitude.
—Aya Al-Hakim, People.com, 7 July 2025
Less than a minute into this week’s episode, Julia starts sobbing while practicing opera.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 3 July 2025
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Verb
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Cohost Mark Consuelos teed up the moment during Tuesday morning's host chat, which shifted to cover the topic of why exhaustive marathons often make people — both participants and spectators — cry.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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Citing a police report, Fox 35 and the News-Journal reported that Sullivan was waiting outside for Williams to show up to the home with her food delivery when her baby began to cry inside the home.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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Leander, the little engine that could, roared into the 8th position, boasting a median household income that could make a downtown condo owner weep ($131,822, for those keeping score at home).—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Clean enough to make Gwyneth Paltrow weep and somehow still actually effective, the SOS (Save Our Skin) Sunscreen, from Tower 28, applies smoothly.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
28 June 2025
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“Sob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sob. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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