heaving sob

Frequency: 4.50.8 per million words

Refers to a deep, convulsive, and often loud cry.

heavingADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

sob

Examples (10)

  • She let out a heaving sob as she heard the tragic news.
  • His shoulders shook with every heaving sob that escaped him.
  • A heaving sob racked her entire body, leaving her breathless.
  • She tried to hold back a heaving sob, but the grief was too strong.
  • The silence in the room was suddenly broken by a heaving sob.
  • With a heaving sob, she finally fell to her knees in despair.
  • The child's crying eventually slowed to an occasional heaving sob.
  • He couldn't suppress the heaving sob rising in his chest.
  • Another heaving sob escaped her lips before she could compose herself.
  • She took a deep breath that ended in a painful, heaving sob.