wept

past tense of weep

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wept Adelson, 75, cried out when the first guilty verdict was read and wept as the other verdicts came in. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025 Adding to the waterworks, Kerr also wept as the credits rolled. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025 After the defeat to Gauff, Sabalenka, then 24, sat on the ground next to her two main coaches, Jason Stacy and Anton Dubrov, and wept. Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025 As authorities announced the names of some of those killed in the crash, families of the passengers wept and screamed, some collapsing on the floor. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024 Baldwin cupped his face in his hands and wept as Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the charge cannot be brought against the actor again. Janelle Ash, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024 Rose was given the ball and the first base bag, then wept openly on the shoulder of first base coach and former teammate, Tommy Helms. CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wept
Verb
  • Tyler Andrew Riddle dripped with charisma and smarts.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Minneapolis community mourns after deadly shooting Tears dripped down cheeks as mourners wrote messages at a memorial Wednesday following a deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When Harry confessed that the newlyweds’ romance was inspiring to him in his own dating life, Kate reportedly cried.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 7 Sep. 2025
  • After Vekić broke her serve at 4–4, Gauff sat in her chair during the changeover and cried.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The 53-year-old actor sobbed uncontrollably as the audience on the Lido erupted into 15-minute standing ovation, one of the longest at this year’s festival so far.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The teen, whose mother also sobbed in court as her son was sentenced on Tuesday, had pleaded guilty to charges including culpable driving causing death, theft, and failing to render assistance in July, the Sydney Morning Herald noted.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Haws saw the porch where 21-year-old Danny Borges Santiago bled out, after Santiago Torres fatally shot him, Haws said.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Inappropriate fan behavior plaguing the WNBA this season has seemingly bled into the NFL.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Gas flow also affects stellar initial masses In another study, published in July 2025, astrophysicist Ke-Jung Chen led a research group at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics using a detailed computer simulation that modeled how gas in the early universe may have flowed.
    Luke Keller, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Waterfalls of tequila flowed from enough bottles to lose count, including those in Aguayo’s group.
    Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Last summer, Marc Jacobs debuted his fall 2024 collection, which exuded joy and fun.
    Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • And with his Week 1 visit to the lectern, Verse exuded his unique combination of brash showman and zen worker bee.
    Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Signs Your Child May Be Influenced This hypermasculine ideal has seeped into our mainstream culture to the point that muscle building goals are common among boys.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025
  • What once lived at the extremes has now seeped into everyday life.
    Jonathan Alpert, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Shortly after Dante's Peak was Volcano, which wondered what would happen if lava oozed through downtown Los Angeles.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Wept.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wept. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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