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• Clifton got choked up talking about James’ tweet the next day.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• Calling it the best and worst day of his life, Combs choked up, took a beat, and wiped tears from his eyes.
  — Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2024
• Raynor choked up after the game talking about his former coach.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2023
• Shane Steichen can't get the words out without getting choked up.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Feb. 2023
• The courtroom theatrics took an even sharper turn when Chaudhry herself choked up at the lectern.
  — Vulture, 14 Dec. 2023
• Head coach Frank Reich choked up a bit while addressing his team postgame.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2024
• Some audibly choked up at some of the more tender moments.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
• Thinking about Aunt Dana before Tuesday’s game, he got choked up.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
• This isn't the first time Jennifer Garner has gotten choked up about a series finale in recent weeks.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2020
• Looking at the photo now, Evan’s father, Wayland Strickland, choked up.
  — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
• With only a day since his mother’s death, Isaac Newton Farris Jr. choked up a few times throughout the conference.
  — Olivia Wakim, ajc, 30 June 2023
• Miller choked up during the ribbon-cutting for the facility.
  — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2023
• That’s why Williams got so choked up as the Mahomes-Hurts quarterback matchup became a reality.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2023
• In the next hour, Leisek discussed his depression, got choked up, reminisced about past cases, and gave away merchandise.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• She gets choked up thinking about a family who asked for a bedsheet to hang up for some privacy in an overcrowded apartment.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• Watching Williams's audition again, Cowell got choked up.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 29 July 2020
• Deaux, also a Chicago native, got choked up when introducing her friend.
  — Akiya Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• Beshear, who did not appear at Tuesday’s news conferences, choked up at a briefing Monday but stopped short of calling for new gun legislation.
  — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
• Another said he got choked up over the film’s scenes depicting Oppenheimer’s inner turmoil.
  — Yuri Kageyama, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
• The Eagles player then choked up while congratulating his younger brother.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
• Arroyo, in his concession speech at The Square Root, a cafe in Roslindale, choked up several times while addressing his family and a small group of supporters and answering questions from the press.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• While recounting his upbringing, Johnson choked up twice.
  — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
• Jennifer Crumbley became choked up as her attorney showed a photo of her son before the shooting, particularly a photo of him at the front door before his first day of eighth grade.
  — Gina Kaufman, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024
• There were several stretches in the telecast in which every single winner seemed to be in tears, starting with Pinocchio helmer Guillermo del Toro getting choked up paying tribute to his late parents.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
• As the conversation continued, Warner quickly became choked up with tears.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
• Looking back on his original business plan in 2013, Lygizos gets choked up thinking about the employees he’s seen come into their own along the way, and the gratitude he’s received for his contributions.
  — Lily O'Neill, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2024
• Earlier Sunday, the officers who responded provided harrowing details, at times getting choked up reliving the moments that led up to the blast.
  — Tim Darnell, ajc, 28 Dec. 2020
• The women are all practically disintegrating from pure envy, and Charity even gets choked up about it in her confessional.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2023
• During a viral red carpet chat with Entertainment Tonight, Larson, 34, choked up after noticing that Lopez was standing directly behind her — and walking right toward her.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
• DeNormandie, 75, choked up repeatedly during an interview at his lawyer’s office.
  — Andrea Estes, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024