sputter

Example Sentences

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To challenge that, he made Clark Kent a nerd, hunching his shoulders, making him sputter with nervousness.

From The Wall Street Journal

Skipper finally managed a pretty good one, but most of the children simply giggled and sputtered, and Nicky got the hiccups.

From Literature

The number of open jobs in the U.S. economy fell by nearly one million last year, evidence of how demand for workers has sputtered in an uneven labor market.

From The Wall Street Journal

I asked, my voice sputtering like an unused engine.

From Literature

But the sputtering noise drowned out my voice till I got right up to the boat.

From Literature