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as in blubbering
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 sobbing
Nikki Sternberg, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
Sigg fell to the floor, sobbing.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Now instead of celebrating his release, Adel was sobbing.
—Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
In a video testimony, the man, whose name was not released, is seen falling to his knees and sobbing.
—Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
And then as soon as the standing ovation started, I was started sobbing again.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
In the video, Mor embraces his father, who began sobbing.
—Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Two years of sobbing until my chest hurt.
—Lisa K. Friedman, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Viewer Reactions The Instagram video reached over 598,000 views and 28,685 likes as of Tuesday, with viewers sobbing over Whiskey's heartbreaking reaction.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
This show is equal parts feel-good and pass-me-the-tissues-because-I’m-sobbing.
—Nikki Sternberg, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
However, the Hunger Games alum began sobbing once again after sharing a story about a comment that got lost in translation on the film's Canadian set.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
Sigg fell to the floor, sobbing.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Now instead of celebrating his release, Adel was sobbing.
—Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
In a video testimony, the man, whose name was not released, is seen falling to his knees and sobbing.
—Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
And then as soon as the standing ovation started, I was started sobbing again.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
In the video, Mor embraces his father, who began sobbing.
—Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Two years of sobbing until my chest hurt.
—Lisa K. Friedman, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Viewer Reactions The Instagram video reached over 598,000 views and 28,685 likes as of Tuesday, with viewers sobbing over Whiskey's heartbreaking reaction.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobbing
Adjective
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But his crying scene in Ford v Ferrari is one for the ages.—
Michael Granberry,
Dallas News,
17 Jan. 2020
Noun
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The actor even recalled weeping backstage at the BRIT Awards before presenting Sabrina Carpenter with an award.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Budj Bim assigned the weeping she-oak (Casuarina) trees, whose whispering voices can be heard in the wind, to be the guardian spirits of the landscape.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sitting opposite an old people’s home in a residential corner of Paris’ 14th arrondissement, La Santé’s unassuming presence is only given away by the occasional wailing siren as prisoners are transported to and from the site.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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How to Watch North Carolina at Syracuse Bill Belichick’s first season as North Carolina head coach is winding to a whimpering close, but an ACC win over Syracuse under the Friday Night Lights would sure turn some frowns upside down at Chapel Hill.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And since then, his crying and whining have increased.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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As seen and heard this week at the SEC spring meetings, the whining over that has not ceased.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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“Sobbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sobbing. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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