sobbing

[ UK /sˈɒbɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɑbɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. convulsive gasp made while weeping
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How To Use sobbing In A Sentence

  • I groped for the gear stick, sobbing desperately as the car lurched forward.
  • On an ancient stone stump, about three feet thick and three feet high, used for securing ships by ropes to the shore, and called a bollard or holdfast, an elderly gentleman sits facing the land with his head bowed and his face in his hands, sobbing. Back to Methuselah
  • Hiccups, more officially referred to as singultus, from Latin - to catch your breath while sobbing are repeated, spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm causing a quick inhalation, which is then cut short by an involuntary closing of the glottis. NYT > Home Page
  • I found her sobbing in the bedroom because she'd broken her favourite doll.
  • Suddenly the procession is interrupted by irrepressible sobbing.
  • I never understood the screaming hysteria, swooning, and sobbing that seem conventional behaviour for thronging female audiences at big rock concerts.
  • Emily, too, starts sobbing, and her husband comforts her.
  • Suddenly Ah - chin rushed in sobbing and wailing, her dishevelled hair hanging over her face.
  • But above all, we have seen people dying, heard people sobbing their last words.
  • He screamed, letting the sound die out in ragged sobbing. Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Alexi Zentner's 'Trapline'
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