blubber
Example Sentences
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Remember that the Invite is a humor/light-verse contest, so your verse should provoke a smile rather than a blubber; but it shouldn’t be ghoulish or gloating.
From Washington Post
Today, I can go for a walk without worrying whether a soft-shoe number might leave me blubbering.
From Washington Post
Your plays “Eurydice” and “The Clean House” recently reduced me to a blubbering awe-struck wreck.
From New York Times
The arrowhead jabbed out a plug of blubber the size of a pencil eraser, then fell out, drifting until the crew caught it in a net.
From Science Magazine
The blubber from one adult ringed seal can help a polar bear survive for more than 10 days.
From Science Magazine
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