Her breath was coming in little sobs.

Then he was alone with the weeping, the inarticulate little sobs of protest and pleading.

His breath came in little sobs.

She hiccuped, and sniffed again, little sobs choking in her throat.

She heard the hard, flat sounds of his palm against her face without feeling them and subsided into little bubbling sobs.

His body was shaking with little sobs, and every word of Pete's chilled him.

She dried her eyes instead, catching her breath on little sobs.

Her breath still came in little sobs.

So was the air around her, with little sobs and cries for pity from those in the lower decks.