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
CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
This emotional gutpunch leads to poor Orson slumping over and sobbing in the small room beneath his mother's office.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Not that Warren’s show is one big sob fest.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Rory McIlroy is the Masters champion again, this time without falling to his knees on the 18th green and sobbing over finally achieving his lifelong dream.
—CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
This emotional gutpunch leads to poor Orson slumping over and sobbing in the small room beneath his mother's office.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
Every day, the women and girls around her sob in traumatic memory of what happened to them.
—Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Not that Warren’s show is one big sob fest.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sob
Verb
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In a feat of sorcery that should have other sandwich makers crying in their beer, the ciabatta roll here is tender and comparatively thin.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Margo, meanwhile, is freaking out, crying and hyperventilating.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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McEntire, Stefani and Legend were brought to tears by Carter's emotional performance.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Tatum also knows the value of peer support after leaning on players like Tyrese Haliburton, Damian Lillard and Dejounte Murray — all of whom suffered Achilles tears last season — during his recovery.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, concludes in 1988, with Jackson gliding across a London stadium stage, performing in that white T-shirt and black jacket full of zippers, as fans weep before him.—
Steve Knopper,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2026
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The humidity can make your meringue weep.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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All these moments are good for audience groans and there’s an enjoyable bad movie here for the seizing — that is when Cronin isn’t steering the action back to Egypt for an underpowered mystery thread involving a one-dimensional Cairo detective (May Calamawy) pursuing the root of the trouble.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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The proper response to this is a cynical groan.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Sob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sob. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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