bawl
Example Sentences
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I’m making my way over to my dad, and I’m just seeing him bawl.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
"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
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
I looked over at Emma and, doggone-it-all, she was squeezing that awful doll and starting to pull her lip down and cloud her eyes up, getting ready to bawl right along with the new-free folks.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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