sob
verb (used without object)
to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath.
have been sobbing
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present perfect progressiveof sob.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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Two flanking corrections officers shielded him from view, but the sound of what may have been sobbing rattled the receiver.
From Fox News ● Dec. 1, 2021
She must have been sobbing to herself, for she did not notice the sound of my steps on the rubber matting till I was near enough to touch her elbow.
From Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls by Julia Augusta Schwartz
I have been sobbing my heart out over Constance this morning, and act Fazio to-night, which is hard work.
From Records of a Girlhood by Fanny Kemble
I have been sobbing and sobbing, feeling my heart must break.
From An Engagement of Convenience A Novel by Louis Zangwill
Also who could have been sobbing in the room back of the parlors?
From Jane Allen, Junior by Edith Bancroft
