Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sobbing
IPA transcription: [s'ɑbɪŋ]
Pronunciations of sobbing
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: sob, sobbing
    Meaning: convulsive gasp made while weeping
Usage examples
  • "But you could never find your way," she said, sobbing.
  • Both girls flung themselves, sobbing, into their husband's arms.
  • She was crying bitterly, and sobbing as if her heart would break.
  • Then it was she--it was--my dear little Fairy," cried out Pinocchio, sobbing bitterly.
  • "My little child," she cried, and then fell to sobbing as though her heart would break.
  • Through the blackness he raced forward, hearing that sobbing ululation within the walls.
  • She burst into the violent sobbing of a child, and turned and ran hurriedly to the factory.
  • When Charlotte told me just now you were sobbing, Miss Hale, I thought, no wonder, poor thing!
  • "Dolly!" he said, sobbing now; "for mercy's sake, think of the children; they are not to blame!
  • He had been sobbing violently in his conflict with the Spirit, and his face was wet with tears.
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