wept
Americanverb
verb
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“I nearly wept on more than one occasion because of how moved I felt about what Justin was doing,” Jesso says.
From Los Angeles Times
"I wept non-stop for a whole month. I couldn't eat. All I did was cry. I couldn't stand to walk. And I fell gravely ill."
From BBC
Brandt wept and held his hands over his face after the verdicts were returned.
From BBC
Relatives wept openly, clutching phones and identity cards, while medical teams hurried stretchers through the packed corridors.
From Barron's
In Penha Complex -- one of two densely populated, working-class neighborhoods targeted in northern Rio -- residents wept over a line of at least 50 corpses early Wednesday.
From Barron's
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