Sobs

Examples

• The poor creature interrupted me with loud sobs, which produced such a dreadful fit of coughing, I thought that she would have expired on the spot. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Reliant on Night, confiding in Solitude, I kept my tears sealed, my sobs chained, no longer; they heaved my heart; they tore their way. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She broke from me with hysterical vehemence, and threw herself on the sofa in a paroxysm of sobs and tears that shook her from head to foot. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She laughs and sobs, and then is quiet, and quite happy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• You know Mr. Tyke and all the-- But Dorothea's effort was too much for her; she broke off and burst into sobs. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• At the foot of the bed, half sitting, half kneeling, his face buried in the clothes, was a young man, whose frame was racked by his sobs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Elinor, I am miserable, indeed, before her voice was entirely lost in sobs. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Earth was past,--and earthly pain; but so solemn, so mysterious, was the triumphant brightness of that face, that it checked even the sobs of sorrow. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It is not because it hurts me, little Rawdon gasped out--only--only--sobs and tears wound up the sentence in a storm. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Max and Fritz were at the door, listening with wonder to Mrs. Becky's sobs and cries. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Lily's sobs ceased, and she lifted her head. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I must tell you, for you must know, that Evelyn, poor little Evelyn--her voice was choked by sobs. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• St. John called me to his side to read; in attempting to do this my voice failed me: words were lost in sobs. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She waited a moment, and then, speaking in a tone that checked the sobs of all, she said, If you love me, you must not interrupt me so. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Conducting himself throughout as if in his poor fashion he really meant it, and winding up with some very miserable sobs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Hush, Esmeralda, for the woman's sobs and groans seemed to have attracted the thing that stalked there just beyond the thin wall. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Clara was greatly moved; with streaming eyes, suppressing her sobs, she leaned from the window, watching the last glimpse of her native Windsor. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I feel his sacred tears upon my face, and his sobs strike against my heart. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Every room and gallery of the house resounded with sobs and shrieks of despair. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Hubbub followed; high upbraiding, and sobs rather loud than deep or real. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• As I approached I found Dejah Thoris lying prone upon her silks and furs, her lithe form wracked with sobs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Her voice was suffocated with sobs. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Margaret fell into a state of prostration, which did not show itself in sobs and tears, or even find the relief of words. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Presently, as Jo's sobs quieted, he said hopefully, I don't think she will die. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• We can't either of us talk about it to-night, I believe,' said she, finding that tears and sobs would come in spite of herself. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Sobs and tears burst from her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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