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Meanings of bawling in English

Portuguese
lamento
Catalan
gemec
Spanish
lamento

Loud cries made while weeping.

lamento
Usage of bawling in English
1
She just looked sad, and of course, that made me start bawling.
The weight of silence
2
Outside she could hear shouting and bawling in front of the house.
The hangman's daughter
3
But no bawling, he is there in front asleep; lower your voice.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
4
The others stood by the foot of the ladder bawling for support.
Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales
5
The near-by bawling of cattle always aroused in him ebullitions of rage.
The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
6
He heard laughter and loud radios and the bawling of sleepy children.
Gravity
7
I went to pick it up this morning and almost started bawling.
The Guardian
8
She was bawling out of control by the time she'd finished dressing.
In the Dark
9
I feel like bawling like a kid; I wish he'd shut up.
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
10
She pictured Waddles bawling the summons to feed from the cook-house door.
The Settling of the Sage
11
At quarter to one Smokey started bawling for people to finish up.
The talisman
12
As they did so, they could hear the bawling of the cattle.
Kid Wolf of Texas / A Western Story
13
It's followed by a moan, and next thing I know she's bawling.
WATER FOR ELEPHANT
14
In these tones did the magician, bawling for old lamps, beguile Aladdin.
There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
15
And presently men selling unnaturally early newspapers came bawling into the street:
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
16
If I go back to Mabel with nothing, she'll start bawling again.
Hard eight
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Translations for bawling
Portuguese
lamento
Spanish
lamento
Bawling through the time
Bawling across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common