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How to pronounce sob in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms sobbing
Type of weeping, crying, tears
Type Words
Synonyms asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, son of a bitch, whoreson
Type of disagreeable person, unpleasant person
Type Words
Synonyms breathlessness, shortness of breath
Type of dyspnea, dyspnoea
Type Words
Type of weep, cry
Derivation sobbing


He was sobbing inconsolably.

Examples of sob

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The contestant who told the saddest sob story got an Amana refrigerator-freezer.
From the philly.com
It is worth it, but stop playing the sob story about how teachers have it rough.
From the ocregister.com
There were letters that came into my newspapers that called me an SOB and worse.
From the newsobserver.com
Everyone has a sob story, it's the singing, not the excuses which I tune in for.
From the metro.co.uk
Any defence who can stop SOB and pals crossing the gainline is a formidable one.
From the guardian.co.uk
One person in the family section started to sob when Padilla's verdict was read.
From the foxnews.com
As might have been expected, Reagan knew just what to do once his SOB got loose.
From the time.com
The mighty Heat have been reduced to the biggest sob story in modern NBA history.
From the stltoday.com
As Raymond prises my hand off my toe and pain shoots up my leg, I sob with her.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Shortness of breath: a dyspneic condition
  • Weep convulsively; "He was sobbing inconsolably"
  • Asshole: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
  • Convulsive gasp made while weeping
  • S.O.B. is a 1981 American film written and directed by Blake Edwards starring Richard Mulligan and Julie Andrews. Also appearing are Robert Preston, Robert Vaughn, Larry Hagman, Shelley Winters, Loretta Swit, Robert Webber and William Holden (in his last performance).
  • S.O.B., also known as SxOxBx, is an early, seminal hardcore punk and grindcore band from Japan.
  • (SOB s) "S.O.B.s" was the forty-ninth episode of the TV comedy series Arrested Development.
  • (SOBS) Southampton BASIC System (SOBS) was a dialect of the BASIC programming language developed for and used on ICT 1900 series computers in the late 60s and early 70s; it was implemented under the MINIMOP operating system at the University of Southampton.
  • A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath; to weep with convulsive gasps; to say (something) while sobbing