Sobbed
[sɒbd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Sob
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Examples
- As evening drew in, the storm grew higher and louder, and the wind cried and sobbed like a child in the chimney. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Here Mrs. Nupkins sobbed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Helpless as a child which has sobbed and sought too long, she fell into a late morning sleep, and when she waked Mr. Casaubon was already up. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Her rich black hair was all about her face, her face was flushed and hot, and as she sobbed and raged, she plucked at her lips with an unsparing hand. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- And then sobbed out, With all my heart I do! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Down upon her knees before that good woman, she rocked herself upon her breast, and cried, and sobbed, and folded her in her arms with all her might. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I sobbed a little still, but that was because I had been crying, not because I was crying then. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Yes, sobbed Meg despairingly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr. Pickwick paused again: Emily and Arabella sobbed audibly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Julia absolutely sobbed aloud. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I don't care, Ferguson sobbed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I know it, Ferguson sobbed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mrs. Corney sobbed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Her father sobbed, but she, I remarked, did not. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Dorothea trembled while she read this letter; then she fell on her knees, buried her face, and sobbed. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I struggled vainly for firmness sufficient to answer him, but the effort destroyed all my remaining strength; I sank on the chair, and sobbed aloud. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I remember feeling a sentiment of impatience towards the pupils who sobbed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She sobbed on desperately; then the outpour lessened, and she became quieter. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And the poor creature threw herself into a chair, and sobbed convulsively. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The older sister still sobbed a little. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He ran up to her--caught her in his arms--gasped out some inarticulate words of thanks and fairly sobbed on her shoulder. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. Turveydrop sobbed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My brother has quarrelled with me,' sobbed Lizzie, 'and renounced me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They ran to and fro; they crowded together: some sobbed, some stumbled: the confusion was inextricable. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- So, throwing her arms round his neck, and kissing him affectionately, she sobbed louder than before. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Oh, Oh, she sobbed, then looked at Catherine and choked. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She started up, she threw herself on his neck, she gasped and sobbed; he took her hand, and leading her to the sofa, sat down near her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He beat upon his great chest with his clenched fists, and then he fell upon the body of Kala and sobbed out the pitiful sorrowing of his lonely heart. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He stopped to kiss me on the forehead, and I sobbed and wept afresh. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And I said, Miss;' here Sissy fairly sobbed as confessing with extreme contrition to her greatest error; 'I said it was nothing. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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