weep
verb (used without object)
to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry.
am weeping
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present progressiveof weep (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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My throat aches and my eyes sting with sweat, each breath is like inhaling fire, and I think I am weeping.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
But now, here I am weeping; and Mariette knows I have not shed a tear for the last ten years.
From A Cardinal Sin by Eugène Sue
Alas, why dost thou not address me that am weeping so?
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
“And I am weeping now, German, I am weeping now, too, you saintly man,” Mitya cried suddenly.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Then I thought this woman too degraded to take bread from her hand; to-day I am weeping by her grave.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Hermann Sudermann
