In lopping off the boughs the Indian weeps and sobs piteously, shedding real tears, and at the top of the tree he leaves two branches and a top-knot, resembling a man's head and outstretched arms.
If he is asked why he thus weeps at cutting and fetching the sacred fuel, he will either give no answer or say simply that he does it for luck.
Hamlet has not a thought for Ophelia in his excitement after the killing of Polonius; but Shakespeare gives us indirectly to understand that grief on her account overtook him afterwards--"he weeps for what is done.
His sobs speak fond remembrance, and he weeps To think so kind and good a man should die.
These tears of mine are but The first few drops of the unbounded tide That weeping as the sea weeps round the world Shall drink thy hated land if this good man Dies by your word!
Poor Sola grieves, andweeps As though she'd drown her wits in tears.
Reads) 'France weeps no death that brings her better fortune.
Thrice happy is the wight Whose frown some lovely mistress weeps to see!
What comfort, girl, can jewels bring, or gems in priceless store, To her who sleeps and weeps alone, of young love wooed no more?
But there is one who does not complain, but gives and gives, and stints herself to give, and weeps in silence and unseen over the evils which she has yearly less and less power to stem.
And from the windows o'er the walls The sable web of mourning falls; The King weeps as a woman o'er His loss, for it is much and sore.
Menelaus does not yet know who his guests are, but he has observed that Telemachus weepswhen Odysseus is mentioned in conversation.
The young warrior weeps bitterly when she is taken from him, but at the close of the Iliad we see them happily reunited.
She weeps over his destiny, but, since he has chosen the better part, she nobly supports him in every struggle.
The Lord said: "Now it is the world, because in this world one weeps and another laughs.
In this World one weeps and another laughs, story of, 190.
They say the wind blows high and wild Down the long valleys to the sea; But I can only hear the child, Who weeps in darkness, wanting me.
Oh, brother, brother, she weeps for thee As a rain that beats all day, But me she pushes from off her knee And turneth her eyes away.
Gudruda weeps because she has good cause to weep, Björn.
But one who weeps while eyes so tender watch, weeps tears that are not bitter, or at least are sweetened, each one, as it falls.
Ukraina weeps for thee, And for her fate so bright.
Then I said to myself, "My Mary weeps For the dead to-day; Haply her blind old grandsire sleeps The fret and the pain of his age away.
Earth frowns below, Heaven weeps above, And man is hate, but God is love!
There is a Prioress, so gentle and tender-hearted that she weeps if she hears the whimper of a beaten hound, or sees a mouse caught in a trap.
The one of a Saturday night counts up his shabby gains and grumbles; the other on his Saturday night sits down and weeps for other worlds to conquer.
My mother weeps bitterly: "Oh, doctor, do not let her die!
She weeps despairingly, and ever through her tears she speaks, urging and imploring.
Why, to win over the old gentleman, to be sure, and dry the tears of the young lady, who weeps day and night on your account.
Go thou before," he cries, "And leave me to my crucifix Whose pallid burden sick with pain watches the world with wearied eyes And weeps for every soul that dies, and weeps for every soul in pain.
If you would be so kind, after you've picked the bones, as to thread my anklebone on a string and hang it on the tree that weeps over the pond yonder, I shall be much obliged.
He weeps with a bland air, wiping his face with his handkerchief) God granted that I should live to see the day.
She weeps in a subdued way, covering her face with her hands.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "weeps" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
