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

When she noticed that her relatives were sobbing, she grimaced.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2022

“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

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