sob

Example Sentences

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“I’ll never forget this part of my life,” she said, and, behind sunglasses, began to sob.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Tears were running down his face and he was quietly trying to suppress a sob.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

But the beat Hudson gets exactly right comes in a scene where you’re certain this klutzy melodrama is going to force her to sob.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

"It came like an earthquake.. I thought 'Well, if I am going to die, then so be it,'" he said, beginning to sob heavily.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

She let out another low rumbling sob that sounded like the earth shifting beneath our feet, splitting the world right in two.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender