as in to cry
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the child sobbed when she found the dead frog
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Recent Examples of sob
Carissa Talmage, People.com, 2 May 2025
Another breaks down in sobs describing how security forces dragged his four sons from their home and shot them by the barn.
—Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2025
Nbc News, NBC news, 2 July 2025
The older versions of their characters are played to a full-on sobbing effect by James Garner and Gena Rowlands.
—Lia Beck, EW.com, 25 June 2025
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Verb
Grief arrives in waves — sometimes in quiet tears, sometimes in guttural sobs, sometimes in the simple, brutal ache of reaching for your phone to text her, only to remember a painstaking reality.
—Carissa Talmage, People.com, 2 May 2025
Another breaks down in sobs describing how security forces dragged his four sons from their home and shot them by the barn.
—Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
The aunt also sobbed when prosecutors spoke about blood on the murder weapon.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 2 July 2025
The older versions of their characters are played to a full-on sobbing effect by James Garner and Gena Rowlands.
—Lia Beck, EW.com, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sob
Verb
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Studio execs cry that more ads contribute to a less-than premium experience at the movies.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 July 2025
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The idea that moms are biologically hardwired to wake up for their crying babies in the night while dads don't hear the noise has stood the test of time, until now.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
Verb
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Talk about a plate-spinning act that would make even a Cirque du Soleil performer weep.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Teny Geragos, one of his lawyers, wept and wiped away tears with a tissue.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
2 July 2025
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“Sob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sob. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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