wept
Americanverb
verb
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McIlwaine, 35, who has been serving a minimum 12-year jail term, wept on the videolink from Hydebank Prison as the ruling was delivered.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
He renders the original’s panoply of suffering in accessible English, as in this view of Satan: “With six eyes / He wept, and three chins let the foul tears fall / And bloody foam.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
On Thursday, he wept as he described his frantic calls to missing devotees, in a video message posted from Tibet to his several million followers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
When Morton heard that Nolan wanted to meet her for “The Odyssey,” she says she wept.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
When his father told Uncle Bob that he was taking Tomás with them, Uncle Bob almost wept.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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