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Synonyms for sob


Grammar : Verb
Spell : sob
Phonetic Transcription : sɒb

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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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