Example Sentences

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“When my sister went to college, I was sobbing, like, ‘How could you move away?’”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

"She was sobbing and screaming and sobbing and sobbing," Mr Currie said.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

The voice on the other end was sobbing.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024

“I was sobbing and saying, ‘I don’t know why I’m crying.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2024

It was a man, and he was sobbing his heart out, calling, “Mary, how could you leave me? Why didn’t you take me with you?”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney