sob
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I gave the staff at each of them my sob story, lamenting over my lost wedding dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Suddenly, articulating what I saw—the creative writing projects I hoped to tackle, my pride at seeing my child launch into adulthood—I found myself stifling a sob.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“I’ll never forget this part of my life,” she said, and, behind sunglasses, began to sob.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
And Dana takes that pause to let a sob break through her hard surface.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026
The sob comes outta me before I know it.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Between my sobs and his sighs, the other servers tucked past, wondering what was happening but not really wanting to deal with the crazy person watching their co-worker badger-dig into the bowels of this cabinet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Seeing all this, a woman kneels and cries out between sobs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
As my wife held Charlie Kirk’s widow on the first day of her terrible sorrow, Erika told Usha between sobs that she regretted having only two kids with Charlie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Eunhee could hardly get her words out through sobs as her teenage son clasped his hand to his mouth.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
Having stifled my sobs, wiped my eyes, and muttered something about not being very well that morning, I resumed my task, and succeeded in completing it.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Skopova and the 15-year-old girl sobbed throughout the hearing.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Bush's victims sobbed in court as prosecutors outlined the "chaotic conditions" in the funeral home, which was strewn with rubbish and family photographs.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Preston's biological mother and grandmother, Sarah and Debbie Davey, were sitting in the public gallery and sobbed throughout the hearing.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
In court, his mother and grandmother sobbed throughout as the 29 guilty verdicts were returned.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
“Off they will go to the far side of creation,” Louise sobbed slightly into my ear.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
"We had to do this to set his soul free, so that he is at peace and happy wherever he is," she said, flanked by her sobbing son.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
I started sobbing, losing my idea of a new marriage before I could even fully conjure it again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The movie has a pastoral coziness and lots of silly humor, but it’s also a moving meditation on death that has adults sobbing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
He could be seen sobbing with relief and later hugging his wife as the verdicts were returned.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
At least 1,500 people passed through, many sobbing.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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