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sobbed

Verb

The word is derived from sob

Meaning

of Sob

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Examples

A Poem from Edna St. Vincent Millay: Grown-up Was it for this I uttered prayers, And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs, That now, domestic as a plate, I should retire at half-past eight? Edna St. Vincent Millay

She had never been a pretty crier. She sobbed the way she did everything else - with passion and excess. Jodi Picoult

"I'll follow him to the ends of the earth," she sobbed. Yes, darling. But the earth doesn't have any ends. Columbus fixed that. Tom Robbins

But you don't belong here! You're dead!" I sobbed against his chest. "Zo, babe, this is the Otherworld. It's not me who doesn't belong here-it's you. P. C. Cast

My heart sobbed a lament that was hard to ignore. Katie MacAlister

We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living. Nnedi Okorafor

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