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
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
To those ready to bawl their eyes out as the finale's end credits roll, maybe we should call it an ordeal willingly undertaken.
From Salon • May 25, 2022
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
At the pitiful bawl of Old Dan, Little Ann, throwing caution to the wind, ran in and sank her teeth in the lion’s tough neck.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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