bawling
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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 my eyes out," she says as she remembers a chance meeting with someone who had decided to attend their very first festival after finding Lucy's social media page.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025
I was mourning that I didn’t take my daughter’s pictures she painted for me and I was just bawling because clothes, shoes, dishes, they’re all replaceable, but this stuff will never be replaced.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025
And I’m bent over there in the beam of Dad’s flashlight, bawling, and I don’t even care.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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