(1) The child was crying inconsolably.

(2) To weep inconsolably for a long time.

(3) She cried inconsolably when her cat was run over by a car.

(4) The poor woman started sobbing inconsolably as if she'd been widowed.

(5) He was sobbing inconsolably.

(6) This is a little hard to swallow, especially as I listen to my eight-year-old wail inconsolably about her failure to defeat her sister on a Nintendo Wii.

(7) The average newborn cries 2 hours per day—an infant who cries inconsolably at least 3 hours a day for at least 3 days a week probably has colic and will outgrow it by 3 months.

(8) If your child has all the signs of teething — heavy drooling, swollen gums — but also seems to be having unusual pain (crying inconsolably is a big clue), call his doctor.

(9) Nina Boal, a computer programmer who lives in Columbia, Maryland, remembers a flight from Tokyo to Detroit, where she was seated next to "an inconsolably screaming kid."