blurt
verb (used with object)
to utter suddenly or inadvertently; divulge impulsively or unadvisedly (usually followed byout ).
have blurted
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present perfectof blurt.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He appears to have blurted out the overtime policy as part of what the Irish writer Fintan O’Toole aptly describes as “the surreal bricolage of his rally speeches.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024
I don’t think lying is a good policy, and besides, our kids were right there and would have blurted out the truth.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2020
In his interviews on Fox, ABC, and CNN, Giuliani appears to have blurted out what he really thinks.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2018
I was cold and wet with overmastering indignation, or I should not have blurted out my opinion so coarsely.
From A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 by Florence Warden
Yet even Mr. Lawrence would not have blurted out his tale to Jane Erskine, for instance, as he had just done to Kitty.
From Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan
