blubbering

Example Sentences

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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

And it shows not only ladies dealing in blubbering heartbreak, but guys going through it as well.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022

And he said he was glad to be travelling with Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson, as "I would've just been a blubbering mess otherwise."

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2021

I didn’t know if he understood anything I said through my blubbering, but his arm tightened around me and he kissed the side of my forehead.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia