weeping

Example Sentences

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Aidan Levy’s 2022 biography “Saxophone Colossus” describes Rollins weeping when he got the news.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

"No words of compassion can ease this pain of loss, this burden of great suffering, when one must bury young people," the priest told black-clothed mourners, weeping or clutching flowers and holding each other.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

While writing the screenplay, Early says he often found himself weeping, overtaken by the emotions of what he was creating.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

She let out a loud scream and started weeping at the sight of the children.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

August is agitated and desperate, moving from window to window, hauling himself up by his fingertips, weeping, oozing contrition.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen