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bawling

[baw-ling] / ˈbɔ lɪŋ /


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I'm sick of watching Tav lose it and start shouting and bawling at them all.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

He added that after performing in front of the cast they were "bawling their eyes out".

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

But the book comes superbly to life in its character sketches, its bawling dialogue and its rugged sense of place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

“I was literally bawling at the panel, and then going into the convention where people are excited and celebrating—it was the weirdest feeling,” Mohammad said.

From Slate • Aug. 22, 2024

A teenage boy bawling into the silence of an empty church—now that’s a pretty horrific sound, right up there with the moans of a freshly castrated hyena.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx