blurt
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They stopped calling on Najya in class, making her “so frustrated that, waving her hand furiously, she began to blurt out the answers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
I was just like, trying not to be a stuttering idiot, trying not to blurt out, “I love ‘Pretty Woman’!”
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025
Any mind blurt or ridiculous thought that minnowed behind our eyeballs Midjourney absorbed and spat out.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2025
I blurt out in horror at my own comparative inadequacies on the romantic postal front.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2023
I rush over to her and blurt out, "I can't go to live with my grandparents unless you come too."
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
She hesitates, then blurts out the news, barely holding back laughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Every character blurts out exactly what they want with the gusto of belting out ba-ba-baaaah at a certain Neil Diamond chorus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
When the little boy in Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes” blurts out that the emperor is naked, he says what people already knew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Later, after a crisis at work ends with the police being called and a pep talk from her therapist in Linda’s office, she blurts out a soft, “I love you” as he walks away.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025
She takes a deep breath, and then blurts it out fast.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Winkleman told the press launch she thought Grant blurted out his identity in error, because he was so thrilled to be a traitor.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Finally, Madden blurted out that he could find a random kid walking around the USC campus in sandals who could have more of an influence than that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
That this didn’t happen has sparked a back-and-forth about culpability, with Deadline reporting BAFTA’s assurance that it made the BBC and the broadcast’s producers aware that the slur was audible shortly after Davidson blurted it.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
“Stop sleep-shaming me!,” the 58-year-old therapist, who lives in Bethesda, Md., blurted out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
I was extremely disappointed until Heidi blurted out, “Mrs. Brisbane, when are we going to have the party?”
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
Travolta gasped, kissing his trophy and blurting, “I was just happy to be here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
When asked whether that makes him an anomaly in the Villages, he barely waits for the end of the question before resolutely blurting out his answer.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
That might look like blurting things out or firing off a text that should be slept on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Baker hugged Lucas and thanked the jury before blurting out, “I really don’t know what’s happening now.”
From New York Times ● May 25, 2024
She didn’t even want to talk about Justin or Bradley or how sorry I was for blurting out her secret.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
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