sob
verb (used without object)
to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath.
were sobbing
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past progressiveof sob.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“He was all for it. We were sobbing a little bit. He blessed it.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Ms Bulley's parents earlier told the Mirror her two daughters, aged six and nine, who she had just dropped off at school, were "sobbing their hearts out" because "mummy is lost".
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2023
“Some callers were sobbing and scared. Psychologically it is extremely distressing to be motionless on a highway for hours on end without knowing how much longer it will last.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 4, 2022
“Women were sobbing, men were hallucinating,” he said, sitting in a mosque courtyard as aid workers circulated with clipboards and forms.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021
Two of the girls who had not been selected had dissolved into tears and were sobbing with their heads on their arms.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
