Sentence examples for sobbing for from inspiring English sources

The phrase "sobbing for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a deep emotional response, often indicating that someone is crying out of longing or grief for someone or something.
Example: "She was sobbing for the lost time they could never get back."
Alternatives: "crying over" or "weeping for".

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"I was sobbing for days, on my knees, crying, praying.

He was sobbing for the last four minutes, before he remembered to stop recording.

The boy stopped sobbing for a moment, long enough to say, Dad, tell me a story.

But the scenes of Italians lying on the turf, sobbing for their lost trophy and for themselves, should fool nobody.

When I only got into Brown, I couldn't stop sobbing for two hours because it wasn't one of the best.

I spent three weeks sobbing for my father: he of the power and the charm and the wit.

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People sobbed for the trees.

Did she not also sob for hours at a time?

I sobbed for the last 30 pages but not, perhaps, for the reason you'd expect.

She would play and sob for hours, but emerge from the room without a word.

But when I finally got the call from my boss, [the "Parks" executive producer] Mike Schur, I sobbed for 30 minutes.

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