weep over
Example Sentences
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One thinks of Richard Wright, who, with his uncompromising “Native Son,” determined to write a novel that bankers’ daughters couldn’t weep over.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2022
For Shiites, the remembrance of Hussein is an emotional event that sees many believers weep over his death at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq.
From Washington Times • Aug. 19, 2021
Unlike his fellow countryman Jurado, Romero does not weep over Carnoustie.
From Golf Digest • Jul. 15, 2018
Shakespeare, after all, was no anti-monarchist; that the Roman experiment in democracy ended with the elevation of Caesar’s great-nephew Octavius is not something he seems to weep over.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2017
By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
