bawl
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A fan since the age of four, he has travelled with his mum Penny, and added: "I'm just going to bawl my eyes out the whole time, I just know that for a fact."
From BBC ● May 16, 2023
The punchline rocks the audience, who bawl with laughter, interspersed with oohing.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2023
“The next thing you know you’re sitting in a chair ready to bawl your eyes out,” he recalled.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2021
“So many scenes, I would do it five different ways. I’m like, ‘OK, this one, we’re gonna be funny,’ and then the next one, I would bawl my eyes out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2021
I bawl at the splintered sunlight where half a second ago she stood.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
“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, I cried, and asked God why. I'd taken care of people my whole life. God told me he didn't have me there as punishment, but on purpose."
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
“Camels bawled and ran, scattering loads of firewood in all directions,” Jones wrote.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
Oh my God, when I’m crying in that scene, I’m actually crying because that’s me — in that moment, I just bawled.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
Allen joined the Zoom version, and after receiving feedback on her initial performance, “I turned my camera off and bawled my eyes out,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
They say she bawled bloody murder and refused to come into the house, so Uncle Herm finally had to drag his whole family away before they even had a chance to take their coats off.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
“She called us, bawling, and we were loading the dog, comforting her,” Dowd said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Gus was still bawling, but he was nowhere to be seen.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
Mrs. Holton was the first to untangle herself from the crying party when her two children saw what was going on and commenced bawling too.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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