weep
verb (used without object)
to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry.
is weeping
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present progressiveof weep (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Its common name is weeping fig, and in these flayed skins the lamentation resonates.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
Uliana is weeping as her brother's coffin is lowered into the ground.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2023
If you can’t raise sensible arguments, then what use is weeping?
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 7, 2019
Hence the familiar clichés that the sky is weeping when it rains or the premise that the sun smiles down upon us as it shines.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2016
While the damsel is weeping, which she did in a charming and determined way, we had better explain about the tournaments which used to take place in Gramarye in the early days.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
