wept
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He renders the original’s panoply of suffering in accessible English, as in this view of Satan: “With six eyes / He wept, and three chins let the foul tears fall / And bloody foam.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
An AFP correspondent saw people marching to the cemetery, waving Hezbollah flags as women dressed in black wept, holding pictures of the dead as an Israeli drone flew overhead.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Hynd, 33, who lost her job teaching computer animation at Fife College, wept as she was remanded in custody at the High Court in Edinburgh.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
When Morton heard that Nolan wanted to meet her for “The Odyssey,” she says she wept.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Sørlle gaped in astonishment at the three ragged castaways, and then turned his head away and wept.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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