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  • present participle of weep.
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weeping

[wee-ping] / ˈwi pɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
dolorous
Synonyms
ADJECTIVE
drooping
Synonyms


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Another accuser, whose 911 tape was played during opening statements, called emergency services weeping from her job at the Boys and Girls Club in Santa Monica immediately after she’d left Weinberg’s house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"I doubt I could have done that if I'd been employed," she says, "and I think I'd have been weeping in the toilets at the office."

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

During Arbaeen, they show their grief, mourning with weeping and wailing in memory of Hussein.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

The Buddha, seeing him bruised, bloody, and weeping, smiles and tells him he must bear it.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

The children carried on at full volume, a cacophony of shouting and taunting and weeping.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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