[
US
/ˈwip/
]
[ UK /wˈiːp/ ]
[ UK /wˈiːp/ ]
VERB
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shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death
The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs
How To Use weep In A Sentence
- One seemed to be defiant and the other seemed a bit weepy. The Sun
- It is a big sweep of soft, pale coral sand shelving gently into the Ionian sea. The Sun
- Often he found her quietly weeping, but they were never tears of accusation; only tears of regret.
- I would like weeping with the smile rather than repenting with the cry,when my heart is broken ,is it needed to fix?
- People like Momtaz Begum simply sweep up their waste and dump it into the barrel.
- In turn, the gallery's window is fitted with giant windscreen wipers to sweep away a continuous downpour of "rain" inverted commas seem necessary to any description of Weber's wonderfully artificial sculptural conceits. This week's new exhibitions
- As if space has weather, and currents of permittivity sweep past. DEAD LINES
- As the phalanx of furious, excited inmates came sweeping into the servery, Jerrold recognised his danger. THE SCAR
- All the polls had pointed to a clean sweep for the Democrats.
- All night he weeps, as his students sleep. nun gimel Evan Eisenberg: Mary Christ (Part 6)