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At this stage, Ms Batool, who had been sobbing loudly, left the court and the hearing was suspended.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

Lanning said he could tell the child, whose name he did not know at the time, had been sobbing.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2022

Maltbie said Calcavecchia had been sobbing so hard that his eyes were swollen.

From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2016

She put her head in her hands in court, and her mother told reporters that she had been sobbing in her bedroom since her arrest over the stolen television.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2011

Neville had been sobbing into Hagrid’s jacket for the last five minutes.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling