blubbering

Example Sentences

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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

I heard him in a blubbering tone commence the tale of how “that nasty Jane Eyre” had flown at him like a mad cat: he was stopped rather harshly—

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë