bawl
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There were a lot of times when everyone was asleep, everybody was full and fed, and I would just bawl crying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
The punchline rocks the audience, who bawl with laughter, interspersed with oohing.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2023
"In other ones, you can join in a bit but do you really have to shout and bawl and scream?" he added.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2023
Carolyn: I'm going to call her this evening and probably bawl halfway through our conversation, but she deserves to know how much she means to me.
From Washington Post ● May 4, 2021
If I’d known you were going to bawl, I wouldn’t have shown you.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
“And this is me finishing it!” she bawls into the camera, the onscreen captions helpfully describing “dramatic wailing & yelling.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2021
Upon hearing the newborn’s piercing bawls, Segawa strode toward the birth register to record the newborn’s details.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2017
Sort of like a child who throws his lollipop onto the carpet, then bawls because he can’t have it anymore?
From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2016
And then, “My name is Kiiiid,” he bawls, dragging one syllable out for two measures.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 17, 2016
He lunged and let out one of his famous catch-a-rabbit bawls.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
“I bawled my eyes out as if I’d lost the love of my life, and that, for me as a person — what a gift, because it’s fake but it was real for me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
"Oh my God, I cried. I bawled my eyes out," said Alfred.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
In Mr. Totti’s final game, generations of Italians shed a tear, and Romans bawled uncontrollably, as the star took a victory lap around the field with Ms. Blasi and his children.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
After the losing streak ended, senior center Owen Sheeran bawled.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2022
Then, after sucking in and sadly letting out a deep breath, he bawled: “Okay, everybody: CUT IT OUT!”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
It was a powerful moment, and all around me even the men were bawling like a bridesmaid at her best friend’s wedding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Stripped of his invulnerability, Homelander wilts into a bawling wimp, begging for his life on his knees.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
Oscar Hartland, 16, who played Neil the Baby, left the cast "bawling their eyes out" as he performed Blackbird by The Beatles.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
"I was like: 'Who is this girl bawling her eyes out?'" she says with amusement - adding that she was one of the only islanders who "came for the right reason" and had "depth".
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
He started bawling for all he was worth.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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