How to Use blurt in a Sentence

blurt

verb
  • That’s why her impulses and her death drive blurt out of her.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 16 July 2021
  • Just rapid-fire demanding her new hires blurt out ideas at her?
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Of course, some speakers simply blurted out what was on their mind.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Don’t just blurt it out one day; enlist the help of a counselor for guidance.
    — Tribune News Service, al, 1 June 2022
  • Your mind blurted out, Those could be me and John Doe’s kids.
    — Addie Citchens, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
  • No one wants to blurt out those three words without the slightest clue if their partner will say them back.
    — Alexis Jones, Women's Health, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Many of us try to suppress the urge to blurt out an expletive when something goes wrong.
    — Stacey Colino, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Kennard blurted out the details from a trip out West.
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Liam blurted to the young Italian, who gamely played along.
    — Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Of course, that's not the case, and Cam blurts out the whole thing during Mitch's speech.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Nov. 2025
  • But blurting out the first thing that comes to your mind can lead to regret and frustration for both you and your child.
    — Francesca Castagnoli, Parents, 30 May 2024
  • And sometimes, kids simply blurt out a lie before their conscious mind can react.
    — Washington Post, 27 July 2021
  • Or it might be blurted out during a late-night phone conversation.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Of course, Diaz didn’t blurt out that Joel is the ugly twin or anything like that.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Hidden thoughts may blurt out while Mercury confronts Jupiter.
    — USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Staff at the resort don’t have the same—or, really, any—freedom to blurt out their own private thoughts.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 1 July 2021
  • Instead, Mary blurts out her true feelings, blaming Clark for the sad state of his life.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • By then the chefs had blurted out just about every white-wine variety imaginable.
    — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The audience in the hotel ballroom did not blurt out a suggestion.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Sometimes, they are just blurted straight into a microphone.
    — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Corry realized the game was up and blurted out her confession.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In front of Altman, a guy in a blazer and face mask was blurting out words faster than his brain could assemble them.
    — Bykylie Robison, Fortune, 23 June 2023
  • Some of that is being blurted with excitement, probably, and some with more than a tinge of regret.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Sometimes people, without intending to be rude, blurt out the first thing that comes into their heads, and height is hard to miss.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Joshua appeared as surprised as any of us, craning around as if the words had been blurted by someone on the periphery.
    — Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
  • In the Ohio case, the woman blurted out her address as soon as the dispatcher answered her call.
    — Holly Yan, CNN, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Trump blurted out the truth in a campaign style speech in Louisville, Kentucky, a week before the plan failed.
    — Nina Burleigh, Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2017
  • Actors nowadays often seem to blurt their lines or shout over the special effects explosions.
    — Movie Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Sep. 2017
  • When people blurt out responses because they aren’t given space to consider, the wrong things can get said.
    — Punit Dhillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Where Fraga is measured with her words, Donnelly is prone to blurt out sharp opinions.
    — Gregory Barber, Wired, 17 June 2021

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