(all) choked up
idiom
: close to crying and/or having difficulty talking due to strong emotion
She got all choked up when she saw her daughter in her wedding dress.
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When sharing the news on CBS, the golf icon got choked up.
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Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
The movie’s star, Michael Keaton, had filming abruptly shut down so Dunne could leave to be with his family, a story that Dunne still gets choked up recounting during our interview.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
Asked about the last day together with these players, this team, Ungricht choked up and paused for several seconds before answering.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
At the documentary’s Feb. 13 screening in Los Angeles, Lopez choked up thanking her husband in a speech that acknowledged his discomfort with the spotlight.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
Before introducing Testerman, career educator and first lady Jill Biden choked up when describing President Biden’s record.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 2 May 2024
This level of intimacy, along with frank, often funny and frequently poignant interviews (in the last episode Bon Jovi gets choked up about his love of songwriting) and a barrage of archival footage, combines to offer a film that even hardcore Bon Jovi fans will likely learn something from.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2024
Looking back on that night, Emily can’t help but still get a little choked up.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Both the actress and the Property Brothers get a little choked up ahead of the reveal.
—Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
The movie’s star, Michael Keaton, had filming abruptly shut down so Dunne could leave to be with his family, a story that Dunne still gets choked up recounting during our interview.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
Asked about the last day together with these players, this team, Ungricht choked up and paused for several seconds before answering.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
At the documentary’s Feb. 13 screening in Los Angeles, Lopez choked up thanking her husband in a speech that acknowledged his discomfort with the spotlight.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
Before introducing Testerman, career educator and first lady Jill Biden choked up when describing President Biden’s record.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 2 May 2024
This level of intimacy, along with frank, often funny and frequently poignant interviews (in the last episode Bon Jovi gets choked up about his love of songwriting) and a barrage of archival footage, combines to offer a film that even hardcore Bon Jovi fans will likely learn something from.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2024
Looking back on that night, Emily can’t help but still get a little choked up.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Both the actress and the Property Brothers get a little choked up ahead of the reveal.
—Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
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