blubbering
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On restaurant outings I have pulled up a scene from the cinematic gem “Hoosiers” and gotten choked up while my kids prayed I wouldn’t still be blubbering when the waiter came.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Keep a box of tissues close by: I was a blubbering mess two minutes in, when Hanks follows Murray’s cold open with one of the eulogies from Candy’s funeral.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025
You’re going to just get stern and I’m just going to be a blubbering idiot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
"That moment, being about to be announced as Olympic champions, I was gone. I was blubbering," said Daley.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2021
Blake recounted how he woke from a nap behind the stables to find Cora standing over him with her hatchet, blubbering.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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