bawl
verb (used without object)
to cry or wail lustily.
bawled
Example Sentences
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"Can't take it, Rory?'" bawled one New Yorker.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
“I bawled my eyes out as if I’d lost the love of my life, and that, for me as a person — what a gift, because it’s fake but it was real for me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
“Camels bawled and ran, scattering loads of firewood in all directions,” Jones wrote.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
I didn’t want to cry then but it just happened: I bawled.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2022
Maggie raised her face to kiss my cheek, and I bawled all over her.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
