How to Use sob in a Sentence

sob

1 of 2 verb
Definition of sobnext
Synonyms for sobnext
  • She could not stop sobbing.
  • He began to sob uncontrollably.
  • Miles and Davis sobbed at the end of the court hearing.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Both Miles and Davis sobbed at the end of the court hearing.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Murdaugh appeared to sob while the video played in court the first time.
    — Randi Kaye, CNN, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Khamenei would read the Quran aloud and sob, lost in the words of the Prophet, or simply peer at the sky through the bars of his cell.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 18 May 2020
  • He was soon seen sobbing and kneeling on the ground, his face buried in the grass.
    — Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The first few minutes were silent before sobs cut through the air.
    — Zach Walker, Twin Cities, 28 Dec. 2019
  • Back in the downtown-L.A. theater the night of the premiere, the man on-screen is no longer sobbing.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 July 2019
  • Horner pulled a small urn from his backpack and began to sob.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • At the back of the courtroom, De la Cruz’s 19-year-old stepdaughter sobbed.
    — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Laura’s young daughter Mia (Lia McHugh) sobs over the fate of her soul.
    — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2020
  • The grandmother placed her head in her hands and began to sob.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 1 July 2022
  • Ahmed smashed his phone to pieces, sobbing, and locked himself in his room.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • When the yes votes started coming in, David Lorenz could not help but break down and sob.
    — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Some people yelled out from their cars; some on the sidewalk sobbed with joy.
    — Madeleine Wattenbarger, The New Republic, 5 July 2019
  • Back on board the Revenge, Izzy and Ed share a doozy of a final moment as the crew sobs around them.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The ex-deputy walked away sobbing, red in the face and looking down, shackles around his waist and wrists.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Guns were drawn on the pregnant mom, a screaming 1-year-old on her hip and the sobbing 4-year-old.
    — Karina Bland, azcentral, 17 June 2019
  • As the bodies were taken away, Tania Ramirez, the wife can be heard sobbing.
    — Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 26 June 2019
  • Groups of people stood on the east side of Wells, clinging to each other as some of them sobbed.
    — Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2019
  • The girl came sobbing up from the bottlebrush, wiping her nose with the back of her wrist.
    — Fiona McFarlane, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • His wife, Kathy Olsen, began sobbing and had to be led from the courtroom.
    — Kate Brumback, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019
  • When the verdict was read, Akers collapsed in her chair, dropped her head to the table and sobbed.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2023
  • One player sobbed in Tatum’s arms after his name was called.
    — Sopan Deb Hiroko Masuike, New York Times, 23 June 2023
  • Knife in hand, Eversen falls away from his mother, who is sobbing on the floor.
    — Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, 30 Dec. 2019
  • As the show built to its endpoint, a few people began to sob openly.
    — Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The actor’s wife, Bijou Phillips, was sobbing as he was led away.
    — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
  • That you must be wracked with sobbing grief is from the Everyone Lives the Same Life playbook.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
  • Lisa Darden: She was spread out on the floor … just sobbing.
    — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
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sob

2 of 2 noun
  • The words caused some members of the public sitting in the gallery to gasp and sob.
    — Eric Levenson and Aaron Cooper, CNN, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The girl’s sobs pierced through the sound of vendors selling their wares.
    — Simon Romero, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • Vine may be a thing of the past (sob), but there are plenty of ways that the app still lives on in our hearts.
    — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 24 Feb. 2018
  • When my body managed to propel me to the top of a 350-foot hill, my breath caught and turned to sobs.
    — Julie Rehmeyer, Slate Magazine, 12 June 2017
  • Parts of it came out in bits and pieces — between sobs and sniffles — but not the whole thing.
    — Jesse Newell, kansascity, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Luckily, there are less sob-fest parts of the movie, too.
    — Bianca Rodriguez, Marie Claire, 29 Sep. 2020
  • When his name was called, the blanket lady choked back a sob.
    — Greg Trotter, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2017
  • Thanks to the actors strike, star sightings — let alone sobs — are likely to be thin on the ground.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2023
  • At some point a muffled sob nearby jolts you back, but in a good way.
    — Alex Witchel, Town & Country, 18 June 2020
  • Seated in the front row of a packed courtroom, father Kevin Krim let out a sob.
    — Maureen O'Connor, The Cut, 19 Apr. 2018
  • As the video played for jurors, Alex Murdaugh appeared to bow his head and sob.
    — Fox News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • At the end of the day, Mr. Dickman would get into his car, put his head on his steering wheel and sob.
    — New York Times, 13 July 2022
  • In the more than seven-minute call, the teen’s mother pleads with the dispatcher for help through sobs.
    — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 3 July 2018
  • After that, Hykel saw Irving again for the first time and broke into sobs.
    — USA Today, 10 Apr. 2023
  • And not the kind of tears that can be wiped away with a flick of the wrist, but the sort of heavy sob that leaves you short of breath, with your head between your knees.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2022
  • As churchgoers sang gospel songs during the vigil, loud sobs and cries rang out in the crowd.
    — Christal Hayes, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 June 2017
  • Wails and sobs from the family cut through the otherwise silent crowd.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Wracked with sobs, González covered her face with her hands as the space between them vanished.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • When the stopwatch hits zero, Chloe gives a little sob, and Knight storms in ready for revenge.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Walking down the streets, locals can hear the moans and sobs of heartbroken mothers.
    — Christina Goldbaum, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
  • The wooden door to the Center Grove locker room slowly opened, and with the girls who emerged came sobs of shock and dejection.
    — Tyler Fenwick, Indianapolis Star, 10 Feb. 2018
  • But save your sob stories, because Clippers fans don’t want to hear them.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2021
  • My toddler face-planted on the asphalt in front of our house, and my sobs over the tumble lasted longer than his.
    — Beth Spotswood, SFChronicle.com, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Ledezma continued as wracking sobs were heard from both sides of the gallery.
    — Darrell Smith, sacbee, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Loud, unguarded sobs that made her face flush and her shoulders heave.
    — Laila Lalami, latimes.com, 3 July 2019
  • When Faraj called to offer his condolences, the man could barely speak through sobs.
    — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Or, perhaps, the sobs stem from the X-factor that ties it all together: music.
    — SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The decision drew sobs of relief from the woman and a rebuke from the victim's father.
    — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Her sobs were muffled, maybe to keep her 3-year-old son from seeing his mother in such distress.
    — Steve Lopez, latimes.com, 9 June 2018
  • Thinking about my mother, at home without me, sent me into paroxysms of tears – big, rolling sobs that welled up from someplace deep and uncharted.
    — Various Staff Writers, Special Correspondents, and Special Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023

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