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# sobbing

«sobbing» in Mova's school dictionary: **crying loudly with short, noisy breaths, because you are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (sobbing — uncountable); verb form (sob, sobs, sobbed, sobbing); adjective (sobbing child)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sobbing is crying loudly with short, noisy breaths, because you are very sad or upset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobbing/#m1)

2) To be sobbing is to cry in this way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobbing/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, sobbing shows deep sadness, like after a pet dies or a child is lost; it tells the reader the feeling is strong. In everyday life, adults comfort a sobbing child with a hug. Phrases: "burst into sobbing", "sobbing uncontrollably", "sob your heart out", "a sob story".

### examples

- We heard sobbing from the bedroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobbing/#x1)
- The little girl was sobbing because she had lost her mum in the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobbing/#x2)
- He sobbed when his dog passed away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobbing/#x3)
- The sobbing stopped when Grandma gave her a hug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobbing/#x4)
- I sobbed my heart out at the end of the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobbing/#x5)
- (informal) Don't give me that sob story — you just forgot your homework! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobbing/#x6)
- “But is it really so?” asked the Marionette, sobbing bitterly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobbing/#x7)

### note

Verb: sob, sobbed, sobbing (double b). "Sobbing" is stronger and noisier than "crying"; "weeping" is quieter and more formal; "whimpering" is small, weak cries. A "sob story" (informal) is a sad tale told to get sympathy.

### In the corpora

- [The Gryphon thumps the sobbing Mock Turtle: «Same as if he had a bone in his throat.»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/12/)
- [Toad rolls over sobbing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sobbing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobbing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.