Example Sentences

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I had to buy tissues on the way over because I will sob.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

And my winner at Portrush most certainly will sob uncontrollably after holing the final putt, the weight of all of Ireland lifting him on their collective shoulders.

From Golf Digest • Jul. 17, 2019

I will sob and shake, and make myself small, and beg, Please, go away.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019

The etiquette instructor stiff-upper-lips the rejection, but you can tell she will sob quietly into her handkerchief while staring out a window onto the rainy moor for at least a minute, maybe even two.

From Time • Jun. 12, 2012

“She will sob with disappointment. Did anyone scream for her in the night, do you suppose?”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson