Wept is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Wept in a sentence
Wept meaning
simple past and past participle of weep
Using Wept
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of weep
- In the example corpus, wept often appears in combinations such as: wept as, and wept, wept in.
Context around Wept
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wept
- In this selection, "wept" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, women, relatives, present and outside stand out and add context to how "wept" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and even wept as they and and i wept on stage. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wept" sits close to words such as acumen, agri and ajayi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wept
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And Dan and I wept on stage, you know? (9 words)
They applauded, cheered, laughed and even wept as they stood there. (11 words)
He wept with relief as his daughters, appearing unfazed, waved at cameras. (12 words)
People wept as the body of Ma Lianqiang’s wife, covered with a carpet, was carried away on what looked like a metal bed frame after Muslim funeral rites held outdoors. (31 words)
Some of those who did board ships for the 180-mile trip to Saudi Arabia’s second-biggest city, Jeddah, wept for the home and family they had to leave behind. (31 words)
Christopher Morrison, 41, wept with relief as the verdict was read out, which was reached by a majority of the 14-person jury made up of 11 women and 3 men. (31 words)
And Dan and I wept on stage, you know? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
A man with bandages wrapped around his head placed his hand on a child’s body and wept.
And Dan and I wept on stage, you know?
But Lynch insists he is just trying to get what he was promised and wept as he revealed his heartbreak over the split.
He wept for the dead Goshute, as well as for the inhumanity of his ancestors.
He wept with relief as his daughters, appearing unfazed, waved at cameras.
I wept — and not just because after nearly two weeks in Cannes, I really miss my kids.
Others present wept when invited to remember those they’d lost to drug addiction.
Paul Vines wept in the dock as he was sentenced for killing his son, Edward Vines, in a collision involving two cars near Bardney, Lincolnshire, on January 16 last year.
People wept as the body of Ma Lianqiang’s wife, covered with a carpet, was carried away on what looked like a metal bed frame after Muslim funeral rites held outdoors.
Relatives of those killed hugged one another and wept outside the courtroom after the verdict was read.
Relatives wept and chanted as rescuers pulled 17-year-old Adnan Muhammed Korkut from a basement in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, near the quake’s epicenter.
Some of those who did board ships for the 180-mile trip to Saudi Arabia’s second-biggest city, Jeddah, wept for the home and family they had to leave behind.
Stunned onlookers wept and wandered the scene with hands clasped above the head in horror and disbelief.
They applauded, cheered, laughed and even wept as they stood there.
Women wept as they waited for their husbands or sons to be pulled from the rubble.
All three women wept in the dock as mobile phone video footage of the attack, taken by Dahshan, was played to the court.
A sympathetic reporter once wrote that “two women wept” after a ruling went against them.
At a hospital in the central town of Deir al-Balah, relatives wept over bodies laid out in burial shrouds in the courtyard, and a man cradled a dead infant.
Christopher Morrison, 41, wept with relief as the verdict was read out, which was reached by a majority of the 14-person jury made up of 11 women and 3 men.
Debbie wept again and again: “My adopted children deserve all the privileges of my birth children.
Common combinations with wept
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- wept as 27×
- and wept 22×
- wept in 16×
- he wept 14×
- wept and 13×
- wept for 7×
- wept when 7×
- she wept 7×
- women wept 6×
- wept with 5×