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

Priam paused the Trojan War to weep over Hector’s body alongside Achilles.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2017

Powerful angels, safe in heaven! they smile when sordid souls triumph, and feeble ones weep over their destruction.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë