How to Use weep in a Sentence

weep

verb
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  • Any longer and the meringue will start to weep and break down.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The results in 2016 left such Democrats weeping in the streets.
    — WSJ, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Richard stood on the corner, not sure whether to weep or rage.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2021
  • As both of them wept, O’Loughlin promised to do better.
    — Longreads, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The garage is just blocks from where the two women embrace and weep.
    — Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Set aside to let the bitter juices weep from the eggplant, about 1 hour.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Egg sites that are shallow, oval or round wounds in the bark where sap might weep.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Very happy to weep, cheer, join in the chorus, wave your arms.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Well, to paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, the angels will weep for them.
    — Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2021
  • All around him, the Spirit took hold, and people flailed their arms, wept, and danced.
    — Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Steinke wept in court as the judge explained his verdict.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 July 2023
  • The Bible says weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
    — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • But do not weep, for its legacy continues with the new for the Kia K5.
    — Nicholas Wallace, Car and Driver, 16 Jan. 2021
  • At any other Games, the athletes would weep in their parents' arms and scream loud enough to match the roar of the crowd.
    — Grace Hollars, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Dearest Mother, our hearts go out to you, our hearts weep for you, and your Child.
    — Jon Brown, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Her mother laid her head against the steering wheel and began to weep.
    — Patricia Lockwood, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Skinny bitches with straight hair and straight teeth would hang their silky heads and weep with shame.
    — Zadie Smith, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Patriots Nation might weep for the next 20 years and then 20 years more.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2020
  • Before the people all around her clutched their candles and wept.
    — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Her mother looked at the photo for a moment and began to weep.
    — Smita Sharma, National Geographic, 28 Sep. 2020
  • The woman was weeping, wiping away strands of long black hair from her face.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Some in the audience wept, others locked arms with those around them.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Medvedev stood next to him and called him the greatest player in history, and the crowd roared more, and Djokovic tried not to weep more.
    — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • There are good rain flys, and there are not-so-good rain flys that let water weep, seep, drip, and drain inside the tent.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 1 July 2020
  • Habibi begins to weep and Karl mutters an excuse and hangs up.
    — Jamil Jan Kochai, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Pérez and the other young Semilla activists wrapped themselves in a group hug, and wept.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Watch thou, dear Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, and give thine angels charge over those who sleep.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
  • So gather ’round with a box of tissues—then read ’em and weep, fellow criers.
    — Rachel Dlugatch, Longreads, 18 July 2023
  • Women wept and men held prayers beside bodies in shrouds.
    — Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams, USA TODAY, 27 May 2024
  • Baldwin and his wife Hilaria openly wept when the judge announced the case was dismissed.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 July 2024

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