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
Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
Liaw replied with a string of sobbing-face emojis, the indictment states, and then kept working with Chang and Sun, authorities say.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 22 Mar. 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
Haugh buried his head in the hardwood and sobbed.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
Liaw replied with a string of sobbing-face emojis, the indictment states, and then kept working with Chang and Sun, authorities say.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 22 Mar. 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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Chuck went viral on social media after the NBC Sports Bay Area broadcast repeatedly showed him kicking, screaming and crying in family members’ arms — reacting to the family’s celebrations of Susac’s big day.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps the path forward is not only for those holding the signs, but also for those who stop being spectators — like the young woman to my left on Saturday who suddenly began to cry, or the older woman who, after talking about blues music, felt the need to tell me that this is not good for anyone.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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During the show’s second hour, Guthrie went outside to thank the crowd and briefly held back tears.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2026
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As immigration officers arrested her six weeks ago, through tears and a rushed goodbye, Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez had a request for her daughter.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Several of the victims’ family members sitting in the packed courtroom wept as Heuermann detailed his crimes.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Victims' families packed the courtroom, weeping as Heuermann matter-of-factly answered each of the prosecutor's questions.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That comment elicited an involuntary groan from the boy’s father, Dalvin Driver, who was in court.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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But on a Sunday morning in July 1595, the groan of the heavy wooden door startled him from his gesticulations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Sob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sob. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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