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Sob   /sɑb/   Listen
noun
Sob  n.  
1.
The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow. "Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath."
2.
Any sorrowful cry or sound. "The tremulous sob of the complaining owl."


verb
Sob  v. t.  To soak. (Obs.)


Sob  v. i.  (past & past part. sobbed; pres. part. sobbing)  To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath. "Sobbing is the same thing (as sighing), stronger." "She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair. She rent her garments, and she tore her hair."





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"Sob" Quotes from Famous Books



... here in your old chair," she told Curtis, "and I'll call a doctor. Then I'll put some water on to heat." But first she knelt by his side and laid her head on his breast. "Oh, darling," she said with a sob, "Why did you wait so long? ...
— Martians Never Die • Lucius Daniel
... Rue Saint-Honore to reach the Rue Saint-Roch from the Place Vendome, he came up behind a girl in slippers, and dressed as a woman dresses for the night. She had on a white bed-jacket and a nightcap, and from time to time gave vent to a sob and an involuntary groan. Corentin out-paced her, and turning round, ...
— Scenes from a Courtesan's Life • Honore de Balzac
... at her father's simple vanity in her made him laugh; and then they drove away, and Penelope shut the door, and went upstairs with her lips firmly shutting in a sob. ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells
... the dining room. The captain sprang from his chair and, still holding the little girl close against his breast, met them at the sitting-room door. When he saw who the visitors were, he caught his breath, almost with a sob, and ...
— Cy Whittaker's Place • Joseph C. Lincoln
... and then gently approached the door, which I saw had swung to with springs and had neither latch nor lock. My gentle rap upon the hollow panel was answered by a muffled sob. I realized the hopelessness of further words and silently turned from the door and ...
— City of Endless Night • Milo Hastings


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