noun
- the act or sound of crying noisily with short, gasping breaths
verb
- crying noisily with short, gasping breaths
Usage: present participle of ‘sob’
Examples
- The child was sobbing after falling off her bike.
- She couldn’t stop sobbing when she heard the sad news.
- His sobbing could be heard from the next room.
- The movie was so touching that it left everyone sobbing.
- Her sobbing gradually turned into quiet sniffles.
- He tried to comfort his sobbing sister.
- The sobbing of the mourners filled the church.