weep
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Synonyms for weep
Synonyms
bleed, exude, ooze, percolate, seep, strain, sweat, transude
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Examples of weep in a Sentence
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Nuril Maknun, a mother of three whose amnesty was granted by President Joko Widodo and approved by parliament, made the comments while weeping in front of lawmakers. — Greg Norman, Fox News, "Indonesia woman gets pardon after recording boss’ lewd phone call, says she hopes others 'speak up'," 26 July 2019 Her character blows her lines, opens the wrong doors and weeps in the arms of a clearly uncomfortable younger lover. — Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, "Valentina Cortese, Oscar nominee in Truffaut’s ‘Day for Night,’ dies at 96," 10 July 2019 But there's a cost to using their creative gifts: Maggie stutters, Vic's eye weeps blood, and Manx? — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Review: NOS4A2 is a haunting fable about the steep cost of creative gifts," 31 July 2019 What can run but never walks, Has a mouth but never talks, Has a head but never weeps, And has a bed but never sleeps? — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Try your head and hand at solving classic riddles," 13 July 2019 The season finale was a rainy loss to Baltimore, and Sanders wept as the clock wound down. — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, "Mitch Albom: Barry Sanders retirement a bombshell we should have saw coming," 21 July 2019 When the show actually aired and the cast and staff and writers all watched it together… Tony Hale had to excuse himself and go to the bathroom [laughs] and weep a little bit more,. — Dan Snierson, EW.com, "Julia Louis-Dreyfus calls Emmy nods for final Veep season ‘supremely satisfying’," 16 July 2019 Millions of Americans across the country stared at their televisions at home, gaping in awe or weeping openly. — oregonlive.com, "Moon landing inspired Americans 50 years ago, but they still worried about space battle with Soviets," 13 July 2019 Our Founding Fathers and the Statue of Liberty must have been weeping watching all this pantomime. — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: Trump’s Independence Day (7/6/19)," 7 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'weep.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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