as in cried
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
the poor child was blubbering because he had fallen and skinned his knee
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My older daughter has cried on and off but seems mostly unburdened in a way that only kids can.—
Nicole Frehsee Mazur,
Rolling Stone,
13 Mar. 2026 -
Helen wept quietly, believing her world had come to an end, while Alice, always comfortable with attention, cried more lustily.—
Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
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Elena sobbed when her parents told her that the nanny wouldn’t be taking care of her anymore.—
Gerald Witt,
AJC.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Standing over the memorial that has grown to take up the length of a building, a man in a The North Face jacket sobbed quietly.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Women and children wept when telling their stories, recalls Nicolene Arcaina, a now-31-year-old lawyer who was named by the ICC as the case manager for the victims.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Helen wept quietly, believing her world had come to an end, while Alice, always comfortable with attention, cried more lustily.—
Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Blubbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubbered. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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