as in cried
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 sobbed
When Gonzales was acquitted, bereaved family members silently sobbed while others were seen holding their faces and wiping tears.
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Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Capote sobbed on the flight back to New York, tightly clutching Fox’s hand.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
The hip-hop star and thousands of fans proceeded to do just that as Fowler sobbed happy tears.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2025
His sister sobbed, clutching tissues in her hand.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Dec. 2025
At one point during the celebrations, Bronze sat on the pitch, put her hand over her mouth and sobbed.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
As a flame passed candle to candle, some sobbed as the gathering remembered those who died and marked their loss.
—Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
The 53-year-old actor sobbed uncontrollably as the audience on the Lido erupted into 15-minute standing ovation, one of the longest at this year’s festival so far.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025
The teen, whose mother also sobbed in court as her son was sentenced on Tuesday, had pleaded guilty to charges including culpable driving causing death, theft, and failing to render assistance in July, the Sydney Morning Herald noted.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Capote sobbed on the flight back to New York, tightly clutching Fox’s hand.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
The hip-hop star and thousands of fans proceeded to do just that as Fowler sobbed happy tears.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2025
His sister sobbed, clutching tissues in her hand.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Dec. 2025
At one point during the celebrations, Bronze sat on the pitch, put her hand over her mouth and sobbed.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
As a flame passed candle to candle, some sobbed as the gathering remembered those who died and marked their loss.
—Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
The 53-year-old actor sobbed uncontrollably as the audience on the Lido erupted into 15-minute standing ovation, one of the longest at this year’s festival so far.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025
The teen, whose mother also sobbed in court as her son was sentenced on Tuesday, had pleaded guilty to charges including culpable driving causing death, theft, and failing to render assistance in July, the Sydney Morning Herald noted.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobbed
Verb
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The kids were up at daybreak, congregating beneath the parachute, having already swung on the rope swing, picked on one another, cried a little, and gotten into a cooler of sodas.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Jane and Darlene have both cried on the runway recently.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Mourners wept over the journalists' bodies, which were in body bags and had press vests placed on their chests.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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Mourners on Thursday wept over the journalists’ bodies, which were covered in body bags and had press vests placed on their chests.—
Toqa Ezzidin,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Sobbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sobbed. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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