- present tense form of weep (3rd person singular).
weeps
Example Sentences
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Nokwanda weeps as she describes how the family will have to face, at some point, the grim task of telling Dineo's daughter of her death.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Daniela Lopez, 40, weeps as she speaks with the psychologist.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
No college basketball fan weeps for the Blue Devils’ bad luck, but Duke knows better than most that a great regular season doesn’t guarantee a championship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
After a final goodbye, Glinda hides away and weeps while watching Dorothy melt Elphaba — a sequence shown only in shadow, through the crack of a closet door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and church bells all over ring out the Angelus and Nurse O’Halloran weeps for the waste of a dress, that child still in there and me in me finery.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
