sputter
Example Sentences
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Somewhere in Arizona our ugly brown car starts sputtering.
From Literature
Coal sputtered as his mind raced with worry.
From Literature
Small-cap companies tend to have weaker balance sheets, higher debt loads and can become more vulnerable to defaults than major corporations if the economy sputters.
From MarketWatch
Owen punched the emergency stop button on the handle of the snowmobile, and the engine sputtered out.
From Literature
Powerhouse film franchises like Marvel and Fast & Furious are sputtering.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
