Sob

Examples

• When we were coming home from Lausanne my uncle took us to hear the great organ at Freiberg, and it made me sob. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Tom stretched himself out on a box, and there, as he lay, he heard, ever and anon, a smothered sob or cry from the prostrate creature,--O! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• A wild, long laugh rang through the deserted room, and ended in a hysteric sob; she threw herself on the floor, in convulsive sobbing and struggles. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Why, how you sob, Dame Durden, how you sob! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He slowly laid his face down upon her bosom, drew his arms closer round her neck, and with one parting sob began the world. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The older one, who had been so fierce, began to sob. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• And there are some things which are,' he stopped to sob, 'irreconcilable with that, and wound that--wound it deeply. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mrs. Snagsby sobbing loudly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A wild, long laugh rang through the deserted room, and ended in a hysteric sob; she threw herself on the floor, in convulsive sobbing and struggles. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• As she went, the wind rose sobbing; the rain poured wild and cold; the whole night seemed to feel her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She sat sobbing and murmuring behind it, that, if I was uneasy, why had I ever been married? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She had set her mind on the Major more than on any of the others, she owned, sobbing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As the door closed, little Em'ly looked at us three in a hurried manner and then hid her face in her hands, and fell to sobbing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• All this time Fanny had been sobbing and crying, and still continued to do so. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• 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.
• 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.

Checker: Sumner