sob
verb (used without object)
to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath.
has sobbed
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present perfectof sob (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Nurse Camille Davis has watched more than 30 patients die from coronavirus infection, and has sobbed while holding her phone close to them so loved ones could say their goodbyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2020
Singer Johnnie Ray, 31, stood at the microphone in Philadelphia's Latin Casino, opened his mouth wide, and slid into a number he has sobbed to audiences the world over: The Little White Cloud That Cried.
From Time Magazine Archive
At last, after he has sobbed his very heart out, he agrees to stay on a condition—we are not to mention this matter, this infamous suspicion, not even to mention the robbery.
From Merry Men by Robert Louis Stevenson
She has sobbed herself ill and screamed us all out of a night's sleep.
From The Unwilling Vestal by Edward Lucas White
Helpless as a child which has sobbed and sought too long, she fell into a late morning sleep, and when she waked Mr. Casaubon was already up.
From Middlemarch by George Eliot
