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
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
Seven months later, Tamara stood petrified in front of the TV, her older sister sobbing beside her, as a Beverly Hills Police Department detective announced that Erik and Lyle would be arrested as the prime suspects in the killings.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 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
The camera cuts between Dennis, who’s sobbing, and Roman, who’s horrified, processing Dennis’ betrayal.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 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
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
Seven months later, Tamara stood petrified in front of the TV, her older sister sobbing beside her, as a Beverly Hills Police Department detective announced that Erik and Lyle would be arrested as the prime suspects in the killings.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 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
The camera cuts between Dennis, who’s sobbing, and Roman, who’s horrified, processing Dennis’ betrayal.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobbing
Verb
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Reich remembers Zettel crying and her daughter leaving in an ambulance.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Gretchen continues this revelation on the bus and starts crying.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 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
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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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 29 Oct. 2025.
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