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
Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Multiple videos show kids sobbing over losing their brain rot character.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 5 Sep. 2025
Longtime Palestinian supporter Indya Moore, there with Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother, broke down sobbing halfway through the film.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The ceremony was also tearful, according to the images released by North Korea, with Kim meeting with bereaved family members who were seen sobbing and paying tribute to soldiers’ photos on the wall.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Dijon belts, his singing sounding more like sobbing, a self-obliteration in his tone that’s too physical to fake.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
But, at the time, the news was devastating; Stein-Lobovits spent many months sobbing on the couch, immobilized by loss and fear.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
Maron listened to the song on repeat, sobbing.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
The video on Laynez Ambrocio’s phone shows the use of force against the young men, a mother sobbing in the car and Laynez Ambrocio repeatedly pleading for his rights.
—Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
This show is equal parts feel-good and pass-me-the-tissues-because-I’m-sobbing.
—Nikki Sternberg, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
The camera cuts between Dennis, who’s sobbing, and Roman, who’s horrified, processing Dennis’ betrayal.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Multiple videos show kids sobbing over losing their brain rot character.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 5 Sep. 2025
Longtime Palestinian supporter Indya Moore, there with Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother, broke down sobbing halfway through the film.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The ceremony was also tearful, according to the images released by North Korea, with Kim meeting with bereaved family members who were seen sobbing and paying tribute to soldiers’ photos on the wall.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Dijon belts, his singing sounding more like sobbing, a self-obliteration in his tone that’s too physical to fake.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
But, at the time, the news was devastating; Stein-Lobovits spent many months sobbing on the couch, immobilized by loss and fear.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
Maron listened to the song on repeat, sobbing.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
The video on Laynez Ambrocio’s phone shows the use of force against the young men, a mother sobbing in the car and Laynez Ambrocio repeatedly pleading for his rights.
—Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobbing
Verb
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Inside, hundreds of people huddled together, crying.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Several dozen students gathered under half-staff flags — some crying quietly, others clutching flowers.—
Hanna Kang,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
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 18 Sep. 2025.
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