bawls

• present tense form

  present tense

  Used to describe things happening now or regularly.

  of bawl (3rd person singular).
  bawl

  verb (used without object)

  to cry or wail lustily.

Example Sentences

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bawls

Upon hearing the newborn’s piercing bawls, Segawa strode toward the birth register to record the newborn’s details.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2017

‘Chestnuts all ’ot, a penny a score,’ bawls another.

From The Guardian ● May 8, 2017

And then, “My name is Kiiiid,” he bawls, dragging one syllable out for two measures.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 17, 2016

“The kid who comes down to the safe room and bawls their eyes out often is much better off than the student who doesn’t come down because it’s uncool,” says Baker.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 24, 2015

Of course, Jimmy bawls and won’t go another step, and your partner gives you that disdainful, I-should-have-married-the-quarterback look because you haven’t gone 400 yards.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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