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Meanings of dry sob in English
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Usage of dry sob in English
1
Lilian flung herself in Mrs. Barrington's arms, with a long, dry sob.
2
Elsie heard that dry sob, but her friend's seeming indifference misled her.
3
Then the tension broke; and a dry sob escaped the girl.
4
He paused again with a hard, dry sob in his voice.
5
She simply suffered in dumb, abject misery, an occasional dry sob shaking her.
6
Gradually his moaning sank and then stopped with a dry sob.
7
Now and again a dry sob burst from his overloaded bosom.
8
He gave one big dry sob and mounted to his garret-room.
9
She sprang up with a dry sob, and threw herself into his arms.
10
She looked at me, and a sudden dry sob shook her.
11
Viva's sigh sounded like a dry sob from deep inside her.
12
He drops his head onto my shoulder and coughs out a dry sob.
13
He sobbed a great, dry sob and leaned on the edge of the casket.
14
The dry sob going to the waste breath was Nataly's.
15
But she only found occasion for a little dry sob.
16
Mr. Eltham joined us, uttered one short, dry sob, and dropped upon his knees.
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Dry sob through the time
Dry sob across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common