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
Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
At a rally for the slain child outside of the Joseph Campau Church of God on Friday, Aug. 1, the grieving father tried to get words out but couldn't through heaves and sobs.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
In the video, Mor embraces his father, who began sobbing.
—Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Conrad, who is ready to leave to head back to California, overhears her sobs.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
At a rally for the slain child outside of the Joseph Campau Church of God on Friday, Aug. 1, the grieving father tried to get words out but couldn't through heaves and sobs.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Noun
And then as soon as the standing ovation started, I was started sobbing again.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
In the video, Mor embraces his father, who began sobbing.
—Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sob
Verb
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My children cried themselves to sleep.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Most of us are socialized not just to suck it up, never to cry or show emotions, but also to suppress, go silent, hide, run away, act as if there is no agony.—
Kevin Powell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her husband and young son joined her onstage in a tender surprise that brought many in the crowd to tears.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
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What happened in the moments after is a memory that continues to bring tears Chupp's eyes.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In the second, sexless, glowing people weep and hug in my timeline.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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Back home in Lansing, Latavia and the children huddled together and wept.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The beauty of rock ‘n’ roll is repetition, the beauty of repetition and the groan and the groove and the communication of the words.—
Gary Graff,
Billboard,
23 Oct. 2025
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Mbeumo misplaces a pass as United attack and his family groan before dissecting the move.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Sob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sob. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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