sobbings

This he received without perturbation, though he obeyed it by keeping his distance; but he remained interested in the other sounds — faint, muffled sobbings and slubberings.

The Lair 2010

My favorite moments last night were not the sobbings and fights, but the (very brief) glimpses of good performances.

Michael Giltz: American Idol Hollywood Week Day Two Ratings Grow 2009

But for those other films, I do like to see it with some crowd. its nice to hear/see other people's reactions to whats happening on the screen the gasp, the loud laugh, the jump, the sobbings.

Christopher Campbell's The Moviegoer - Avoiding the Crowds « FirstShowing.net 2008

But I was justly punished; for her door was fast: and hearing her sigh and sob, as if her heart would burst, My beloved creature, said I, rapping gently, [the sobbings then ceasing,] I want but to say three words to you, which must be the most acceptable you ever heard from me.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

The children began to wail and cry, and the mothers also mixed loud sobbings with their loud prayers; and

Castle Richmond 2004

Then the carriage should return to The Nurseries and he would be ready to step in, and she need not show herself again, worn out as she would be with the tears and sobbings which she anticipated.

John Caldigate 2004

They both being seated on a curious Chest at the beds feete, teares cunningly trickling downe her Cheekes, and sighes intermedled with inward sobbings, breathed foorth in sad, but verie seemely manner, thus shee beganne.

The Decameron 2004

But the violent sobbings and hysterical screams of Madame Melmotte soon brought her again to her feet, and from that moment she was not only active but efficacious.

The Way We Live Now 2004

Its insistence was borne upon little despairing, rhythmic beatings — throbbings that were like the muffled sobbings of the drums of grief.

The Metal Monster 2004

The hysterical outbreaks and sobbings on my shoulder that recurred at regular intervals did not in the least mar our prosperity.

The Possessed 2003