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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The South cried hypocrisy on slavery, given that the seamen of Providence, Rhode Island, played a central role in the Atlantic slave trade.
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O’Loughlin, sitting in a wheelchair, wrapped an arm around him, and cried, too.
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Another mother sobbed and collapsed in grief as the bodies of her 3- and 10-year-old children were wrapped in blankets and carried away.
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One mother sobbed and collapsed in grief as the bodies of her 3- and 10-year-old children were wrapped in blankets and carried away.
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Parents wept over the loss of their children, while mothers and other female relatives cried and beat their chests in grief.
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Parents wept over the loss of their children, while mothers and other female relatives cried and beat their chests in grief.
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“Blubbered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubbered. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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