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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Some 12,000 structures — buildings and cars — have been destroyed so far, and with them many tons of property of all levels of sentimental meaning.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Jan. 2025
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The paintings are far from sentimental keepsakes and instead often tell stories of similar loss and tragedy experienced by others, including the children depicted, who sometimes died young, or went on to live troubled lives.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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As the Dodgers officially welcomed their latest gazillionaire pitcher to a remodeling Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, the churning of the bulldozers in the infield was momentarily drowned out by the whining around the baseball world.—
Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Dec. 2024
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Or that their child’s whims, extreme whining, or a physical demonstration of their tantrum should be overlooked.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
Fox News,
21 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Co-directed with Jewish Israeli filmmaker Yaron Shani, the movie paints a subtle picture of a society split along fissures religious, political, cultural, and economic, without ever chiding his characters or dipping into mawkish sentimentality.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Sep. 2024
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And the hints for today’s groups are: Yellow group — leader or main thing Green group — these can be prickly Blue group — mawkish movies, perhaps Purple group — these have a limit, some might say What Are Today’s Connections Groups?—
Kris Holt,
Forbes,
15 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Mulligan, meanwhile, brings her usual guest-star wattage, which shines brightly enough to counterbalance what might otherwise have been just a maudlin tale of lonely men and their music.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2025
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High points like these helped keep Better Man in my good graces even as the second half dips into excessively maudlin territory, as Williams wrestles with the strictures of fame.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Blubbering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blubbering. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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