sobbing

Example Sentences

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“I grabbed two girls and there was a third one that I didn’t grab,” Edward recalled, sobbing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Cameras cut to her fans, some of whom were shown sobbing on the jumbotron, wearing traditional Colombian Vueltiao hats and waving their flags with glee.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Body-worn camera footage released by Merseyside Police showed Klevi Pirjani sobbing on the floor of his home as an officer tries to reassure him that his son was "in the best hands".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

"He did not want to leave the town. He stayed, but is now in the cemetery," she told AFP, sobbing in the church hall.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

But the next day people began arriving in dozens, then in droves, some from Trokorpe and nearby villages, disheveled, distraught, grown men sobbing like babies.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo