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sob
UK
/sɒb/
US
/sɑb/
sobs
pl
UK
/sɒb/
US
/sɑb/
Translations
Her sobs could be heard from the next room as she mourned her loss.
Ses sanglots s'entendaient depuis la pièce voisine pendant qu'elle pleurait sa perte.
A muffled sob escaped her lips.
Un sanglot étouffé s'échappa de ses lèvres.
Definitions
Her sobs could be heard from the next room as she mourned her loss.
A muffled sob escaped her lips.
sobbed
Past Simple
sobbed
Past Participle
sobbing
ing-form
UK
/sɒb/
US
/sɑb/
Translations
She began to sob uncontrollably after hearing the tragic news.
Elle a commencé à sangloter de façon incontrôlable après avoir appris la nouvelle tragique.
Definitions
She began to sob uncontrollably after hearing the tragic news.
UK
/sɒb/
US
/sɑb/
Used in writing to represent the sound of sobbing.
Translations
"I can't believe it's gone, sob!" she wrote in her diary.
"Je n'arrive pas à croire que ce soit perdu, snif !" a-t-elle écrit dans son journal.
Definitions
"I can't believe it's gone, sob!" she wrote in her diary.
Attributive use meaning ‘designed to elicit sympathy; sentimental’ (e.g., ‘sob story’).
Translations
The tabloid ran a sob story about the actor's troubled childhood.
Le tabloïd a publié une histoire larmoyante sur l'enfance difficile de l'acteur.
Definitions
The tabloid ran a sob story about the actor's troubled childhood.