Synonyms for sob

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sob

Phonetic Transcription : sɒb

Top 10 synonyms for sob

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Définition of sob

Origin : c.1200, "to cry with short breaths," probably of imitative origin, related to Old English seofian "to lament," Old High German sufan "to draw breath," West Frisian sobje "to suck." Related: Sobbed; sobbing.

verb cry hard

Example sentences :

Here she began to sob, as she fumbled at the door she could not see to open.
Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston

She stopped breathlessly, with a break in her voice that sounded just short of a sob.
Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells

It answered with a little exclamation, with a sob following close upon it.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

Failing that, she began to sob angrily without any tears in her wide eyes.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

And there are some things which are,' he stopped to sob, 'irreconcilable with that, and wound that—wound it deeply.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

It was a long, grieving sound, like a sigh—almost like a sob.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

He was shaken by so frightful a sob, that Guillaume could not restrain his own tears.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Her voice, which was little more than a whisper, was broken by a sob.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Then he once more began to sob, and all those about him shed tears.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

Not a sob, not a convulsive movement, accompanied their flow.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

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