sputtering
Example Sentences
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The private-credit engine that powered massive growth on Wall Street is sputtering, with investors trying to pull money out of big funds, forcing firms into uncomfortable decisions and endangering their future profits.
Crackling sounds and sputtering voices were all we heard for what seemed like an hour.
From Literature
The demand is all the more surprising given that home sales—a big driver of furniture and appliance imports—are sputtering.
Whether it's been age profile, a creaking scrum, a sputtering attack, the unsettled fly-half situation or a British and Irish Lions hangover, most of the discussion has been largely negative.
From BBC
The dearth of public transport is another nail in the coffin of the sputtering economy.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
