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sobbed

verb

past tense of sob

as in cried

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 sobbed Officers described the videos recorded by that camera, writing that Westman seemed agitated after a visit with family and at times sobbed before driving by the church and school the night before the attack. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 Afterward, Sanchez sobbed and Corbalan turned to the Sanchez family. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026 Also last week, court was paused several times as Clancy sobbed while witnesses from the medical examiner's office were on the stand. — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Gartshore appeared at the hearing via videolink and sobbed during the proceedings, the BBC reports. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026 Melina's family members held onto each other and sobbed as the guilty verdicts were read, according to Canadian Press. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 On Thursday, Clancy loudly sobbed, shuddered and covered her face with her hands as a medical examiner testified about Callan’s autopsy. — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 Kelly, typically a non-demonstrative engineer, retreated to the airplane bathroom and sobbed. — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

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Following the official announcement, Popovich and Dion cried tears of joy during an interview with Nashville’s Fox 17 News.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026
The actress says some of her family members cried while watching her performance.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026

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President Lincoln shut himself in a room and wept alone following his burial, eventually taking solace in caring for a grieving Tad.

— Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
Vlasova, who during her years in Russian detention had watched countless times as others were freed and she was left behind, wept.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

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