bawl
verb (used without object)
to cry or wail lustily.
had bawled
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past perfectof bawl.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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They'd all had some the previous night after the kids had bawled their way to bed.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2013
Bill swore he had bawled George out and written him notes begging him to straighten up, get out of town, get lost in the river.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus wrote Florida's Supreme Court in 1953, scolding Circuit Judge Stanley Milledge for the way he had bawled out an attorney in his courtroom.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her Dad said this was because she had bawled so much when she was a baby.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
How the big cat had screamed and how he had bawled back at him.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
