wept
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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Easy: Yesterday, I was not only gripping the armrest but gripping the hand of the flight attendant who was sitting down in the aisle, soothing me as I hyperventilated and wept.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
Outside the main mosque, a mother wept, leaning forward to stroke the coffin of her daughter, Zeynep.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Relatives of the wounded gathered at the entrance to the emergency department, where a woman wept, leaning on a young man.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
She wept, partially because she might never see her son again and partially, according to Felix, because “she feared that Basel might be utterly destroyed by the army of Charles V,” the Holy Roman Emperor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Burrowing even deeper under my covers, I wept softly.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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