wept
inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
An inflected form of weep · inflected form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,508 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,785 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain also: cry She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his deathThe girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs
wept 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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The old King was frightened, and his daughter wept.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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She clasped her hands, she wept aloud, But Andrew rode away.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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Scarcely knowing why, never ascribing the change to her sister, poor Susan wept, amazed at Mainwaring's transformation.
Lucretia — Volume 06 · Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · Chapter 1
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And now, when Sim had the promise of a strong friend's shoulder to lean on, he was unmanned, and wept.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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And yet, had he died, she would have wept bitterly over him in all the sincerity of her honest and simple soul.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1