Crossword clues for sobbed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sob \Sob\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sobbed (s[o^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sobbing.] [OE. sobben; akin to AS. se['o]fian, si['o]fian, to complain, bewail, se['o]fung, si['o]fung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. s[=u]ft[=o]n, s[=u]ftj[=o]n, to sigh, MHG. siuften, siufzen, G. seufzen, MHG. s[=u]ft a sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from s[=u]fen to drink, OHG. s[=u]fan. Cf. Sup.] To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.
Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger.
--Bacon.
She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair.
She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-pastsob)
WordNet
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Usage examples of "sobbed".
He was enchanted to see her and nuzzled her pockets enquiringly as she sobbed into his solid black neck.
Colliding painfully with rivets and flanges, “Playing an evil game of rat-and-ferret,” sobbed Giles Habibula.
He made her sit down, and she sobbed against his shoulder, with happy sobs of relief.
Then another blow like lightning was on my back and I sobbed at his feet, on my belly on the rug.
A month ago, when poor Wolfie had sobbed all night like the Paradise Lad, Kitty had steeled herself to tell Rannaldini that he shouldn't pinch his son's girlfriend, particularly when she was thirty years his junior and still an impressionable child.
I tried to keep away today,' sobbed Julia, 'but I couldn't help myself.
Shivering, he threw himself down on the damp grey sheets and sobbed himself to sleep.
The next moment Tabitha had raced up from the stable-lads' stand and, collapsing, sobbed dementedly beside Lysander.
Once they were hidden behind a cultivated hedge which separated the rear of the kitchen from plain view, Pat let go and sobbed bitterly on Kate's shoulder.
This time she was crying openly, tears coursing down her cheeks as she sobbed into the bear's little shirt.
Carialle almost sobbed with relief, but managed to regain her composure within seconds.
Damia sobbed to Afra as he finished towelling her off and pulled her into his arms to wrap the towel around her.
Before she could scramble away again, Grant pounced on her, holding her in an almost painful grip while she fought and sobbed, pleading and swearing at him all at once.
He knew how the little boy had sobbed and screamed, had seen in other children’s faces his terror and despair, his pain, his utter helplessness.
Then he simply held her, her face buried against his shoulder, while she sobbed so violently that her entire little body heaved.