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present tense third-person singular of sob
as in cries
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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noun

plural of sob

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Recent Examples of sobs
Noun
Darcey sobs as Georgi continues to defend himself for not easily opening up to others. Abigail Adams, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025 Dever threw the compliment right back at Pascal and Ramsey, for the scene when Ramsey’s Ellie sobs over Joel’s lifeless body. Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobs
Verb
  • In episode 3, which came out in April, Howard’s character cries when Seth Rogen’s studio head character gives him a difficult piece of feedback, resulting in Howard angrily throwing his signature baseball cap at him.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Fraser threatens to leave but doesn’t and ends up being the one to comfort Kyle, who cries about having hurt his friend.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Through tears, the father of slain Nasir Delaney-Rowland shared a statement in court that his son was one of a kind.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • There were toasts, happy tears and everyone is thrilled for them.
    Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As Tetyana weeps, the soldier gently admonishes her fuss.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The tightly wound tension is maintained also by Volker Bertelmann’s propulsive score, which starts with ominous juddering groans and keeps shapeshifting throughout.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
  • When his first pass into midfield went straight to the opposition, the groans screamed ‘told you so’.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025

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“Sobs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sobs. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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