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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bawl.

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Examples

  • For instance, I have engaged in 'bawls' with my father, arguing vociferously over the point in contention.

    Harmony in the Home 2005

  • I thought I was handling it well, until I read this. * bawls*

    Happy Birthday Baby « Bored Mommy 2009

  • "You ain't got duh bawls," shouted another boy, treading water.

    Rude Awakening vic fortezza 2011

  • I know there are days when brothers and sisters shriek at each other, someone pukes on the rug, and a three year old bawls because she can't take home the library's doll house.

    In the Library 2009

  • And looking an animal in the eye while slitting it's throat and hearing its bawls or wet gasps for air while the blood gushes and it finally dies is more personal than taking an animal at a distance.

    The Meat Not Eaten 2009

  • "You ain't got duh bawls," shouted another boy, treading water.

    Rude Awakening vic fortezza 2011

  • I know there are days when brothers and sisters shriek at each other, someone pukes on the rug, and a three year old bawls because she can't take home the library's doll house.

    Chicken Spaghetti: 2009

  • She bawls about how she can't do anything right and that she wanted to win for Brendon.

    Big Brother Recap: Eviction 10 2011

  • And looking an animal in the eye while slitting it's throat and hearing its bawls or wet gasps for air while the blood gushes and it finally dies is more personal than taking an animal at a distance.

    The Meat Not Eaten 2009

  • "I was a high school loser, never made it with the ladies," he bawls on Walk This Way, but that's hard to credit.

    Aerosmith 2010

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