Sentence:  I had squeezed the trigger of my own gun , and to my amazement , it had fired and kicked back into my shoulder with the force of an angry mule ; and then I was adding my own voice to the crescendo of sound , hurling more vile language than I ever thought I knew , <WSD>sobbing</WSD> and shouting , and aware that if I had passed water before , it was not enough , for my pants were soaking wet . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  weep convulsively