sputtering

Example Sentences

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At the start are sputtering bows and glissando slides over a droning foundation that is occasionally built out into briefly sustained, then shifting chords.

From New York Times

There's a lot of chatter right now about Florida Governor Ron Desantis' presumed presidential campaign sputtering before it's even started.

From Salon

In a whipping wind, we looked down about 20 stories into an entrancingly beautiful cauldron of rising steam and sputtering lava.

From New York Times

From this sputtering start, we struck up a conversation via text messages that graduated to video calls.

From Los Angeles Times

All it gets from the defenders of Indian mascots is their sputtering rage.

From Washington Post