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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sob, sobbingnoun

    convulsive gasp made while weeping

Wiktionary

  1. sobbingnoun

    Action of the verb to sob.

  2. sobbingadjective

    That or who sobs.

    a sobbing child

ChatGPT

  1. sobbing

    Sobbing refers to crying very loudly and intensely, usually with a series of quick, convulsive gasps and sighs, often as a result of grief, sorrow, extreme sadness, or pain. It is typically characterized by short, irregular breaths, trembling or shaking, and a feeling of tightness in the throat.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sobbing

    of Sob

  2. Sobbingnoun

    a series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sobbing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sobbing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Sobbing in a Sentence

  1. Michelle Obama:

    When those doors shut, I cried for 30 minutes straight, uncontrollable sobbing, because that’s how much we were holding it together for eight years.

  2. Elyse Tirrell:

    She came to my house and was sobbing uncontrollably,’’ Madison recalled.

  3. American Shannon Rowbury:

    While those women were doing their victory lap I was sobbing, trying to get enough control to face my family.

  4. Kathleen Turner:

    Working with Burt Reynolds was terrible, the first day Burt came in he made me cry. He said something about not taking second place to a woman. His behavior was shocking. It never occurred to me that I wasn’t someone’s equal. I left the room sobbing. I called my husband and said, ‘I don’t know what to do.’ He said, ‘You just do the job.’ It got to be very hostile because the crew began taking sides. But as for the performance, I was able to put the negativity aside. I’m not convinced Burt was.

  5. Michael Failla:

    There was a time Michael Failla called me sobbing and said Michael Failla'd heard The Taliban was going door to door in the neighborhood, michael Failla was threatening to jump off a building because Michael Failla thought it would be a less painful way to die than getting caught and beheaded by the Taliban as a gay man.

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