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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as in tears
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Recent Examples of sob
Noel Murray, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Ellie screams at them, sobbing on the floor, as Abby sticks the broken golf club through Joel’s neck.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Wash Westmoreland, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
One bloodied girl collapsed outside, provoking gasps and sobs from the court's public gallery.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
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Ellie lies beside Joel’s corpse for a while sobbing.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Ellie screams at them, sobbing on the floor, as Abby sticks the broken golf club through Joel’s neck.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
People around me were sniffling, issuing involuntary sobs.
—Wash Westmoreland, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
One bloodied girl collapsed outside, provoking gasps and sobs from the court's public gallery.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Sob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sob. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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