sob
verb (used without object)
to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath.
has been sobbing
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present perfect progressiveof sob (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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She has been sobbing her heart out all evening, impossible to comfort her.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Three women are just plastered up in the dressing-room," she continued; "Sophie Tane ruined her dress completely, and Crystal Willard has been sobbing for an hour.
From Cytherea by Joseph Hergesheimer
I expect he will be glad to get rid of her, for she has been sobbing and crying in there awful.'
From Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Not if any of the things she has been sobbing out are true.
From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
He breathes with difficulty, and catches his breath now and again like a person who has been sobbing.
From The New Book of Martyrs by Florence Simmonds
