weep

1
as in to drip
to flow forth slowly through small openings water weeping through the basement wall

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2
as in to cry
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 weep Earlier, Combs wept as his defense lawyers played a video in court portraying his family life, career and philanthropy. Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025 Doctorow admired Berners-Lee—both had wept at Aaron Swartz’s funeral. Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 The three-time Grammy winner continued to weep on Monday's show as Geri, another Kerrville driver, explained that the kids on her bus chose to comfort one another by singing Christian songs. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025 The unique human capacity to weep may have evolved to strengthen social bonds and generate common knowledge regarding our inner states. Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for weep
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  • Produced before the rigid censorship of Hollywood’s Hays Code, The Old Dark House is much more explicit than horror films in the years to follow, dripping with provocations and innuendos, with a daring sensibility befitting a director whose own personal life flew in the face of convention.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
  • Some water bottles filter upwards through a straw via suction, some use gravity to drip down, and others use pressure or a pump.
    Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • In a clip shared exclusively with PEOPLE, Van Dyke recalled crying when the Sherman Brothers first played the now-iconic songs for him.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • While naysayers may argue Dalio is the boy who cried wolf, his caution has paid off in the past.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • Rimaks achieves this emotion through erosion, from natural fade maps and cloudy indigo bleeds to worn-in whiskers that look authentically aged.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Lala was last seen dangling upside down in the driver’s seat, bleeding profusely.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • Marta’s brothers sobbed with the desperation of years, with childish anguish.
    Mariana Enriquez October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Resilience requires community Behind the dressing room door of Boots and Jeans, Linda Connelly heard a man sob.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • The state avoided that sort of catastrophe, but the tensions inside its prisons between those confined and those paid to watch them seeped into the outside world, commanding the attention of reporters and the scrutiny of political leaders.
    Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Its elasticized hemline and cuffs help keep the cold from seeping in, and there are two zipper pockets to stash your phone and keys.
    Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
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  • Officials in Charleston, South Carolina, made multiple city parking garages free while urging people in low-lying areas to move their vehicles as ocean water flowed onto land.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Global governance void whilst capital flows faster than regulation.
    Sean Evins, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
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  • It’s made of soft material and has a medium weight to it that will keep you warm in chilly airplane cabins without sweating.
    Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
  • These are walls that sweat history.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • That truth exuded from every word Browning spoke into the microphone.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Matthew McConaughey is the kind of guy who seems to exude cool under fire.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Weep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weep. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.

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