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
Elena sobbed when her parents told her that the nanny wouldn’t be taking care of her anymore.
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Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Standing over the memorial that has grown to take up the length of a building, a man in a The North Face jacket sobbed quietly.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
When Gonzales was acquitted, bereaved family members silently sobbed while others were seen holding their faces and wiping tears.
—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
Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Standing over the memorial that has grown to take up the length of a building, a man in a The North Face jacket sobbed quietly.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
When Gonzales was acquitted, bereaved family members silently sobbed while others were seen holding their faces and wiping tears.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobbed
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Chan and Acosta beat Tay for more than seven minutes while Tay cried and begged for help and then forced Tay to drink rubbing alcohol and sealed his mouth with duct tape, authorities have said.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
3 Mar. 2026
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Her family cried nonstop and eventually decided to leave for the north near the Caspian Sea.—
Amin Khodadadi,
NBC news,
3 Mar. 2026
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Some relatives of victims wept as the verdicts were read.—
Jeff Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Skip to content Both loyalists and dissidents wept over the death of Ayatollah Khamenei.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Sobbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sobbed. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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