as in crying
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as in sobbing
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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Verb
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When Jenny tried to talk with her mother about the conflict, Alice would often immediately start weeping.—
Rachel Aviv,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024 -
As weeping family members and friends of Lombardo Palacios, 33, and Charlotte Pleytez, 37, looked on, the courtroom exploded in applause.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Whether preserving the original design (like Adrienne Bailon in 2019) or creatively recycling it (as Troian Bellisario did at the 2020 Golden Globes), these sentimental pieces are finding new life.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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While the highlight of the weekend is usually the Dragon Boat Races — which have drawn competitors and crowds since 1991 — the sentimental favorite is the water lantern release onto the lake.—
Edwin Goei,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Anticipate and Remind There's no reason to wait for the whining to happen.—
Debby Waldman,
Parents,
29 Apr. 2025
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Ultimately, Janice tells Ross that his whining is too much and ditches him.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If that line of reasoning is too mawkish and bleeding-heart for your taste, Worsley makes a more pragmatic argument for a generous, welcoming immigration policy, one unsentimentally rooted in cold dollars and cents.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
15 May 2025
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Despite the grievous subject matter, there is not a single note in Vega’s catalogue that could be heard as mawkish or emotionally overwrought.—
Emma Madden,
Vulture,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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An almost but not quite maudlin contemplation of the inevitability of death.—
Shana Naomi Krochmal,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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The trick to that is going in without bitterness and going in without any kind of maudlin demonstrations of emotion.—
Taylor Mims,
Billboard,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Blubbering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubbering. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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