weeping
showing sorrow
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,466 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,925 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- showing sorrow also: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful
- having branches or flower heads that bend downward also: cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous nodding daffodilsthe pendulous branches of a weeping willow
noun
- the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) also: crying, tears I hate to hear the crying of a childshe was in tears
weeping in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She turned and clung to him, weeping passionately.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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The Prince looked at the Queen, and saw that she was weeping.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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Then lay you down in Phillis' lap and sleep, Until the weeping read, and reading weep.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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Only the lovely Princess was not present, for she was shut up in her tower weeping bitterly.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Weeping, weeping late and early, Walking up and pacing down, Deeply mourn’d the Lord of Burleigh, Burleigh-house by Stamford-town.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1