SPUTTER in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of SPUTTER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sputter
 v.  to spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech
Classic Sentence:
1  He would sputter uneasy protest.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
2  Sweet winds blew from the sunny lake beside her, and small waves sputtered on the meadowy shore.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
3  The little stove was roaring; it was red-hot, and the chocolate in the tin sizzled and sputtered.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXVI
4  The lamp sputtered and went out.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXVIII
5  A coarse candle, stuck in a bottle, sputtered beside it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
6  She helped in putting Hugh to bed, sputtering the while about his soft skin.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
7  By this time Ambrosch had come to his senses and was sputtering with nosebleed.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
8  The garret was lighted by a candle stuck upon a board; it had almost burned itself out, and was sputtering and smoking as Jurgis rushed up the ladder.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
9  A sputtering of musketry was always to be heard.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
10  His hand shook, and the candle fell from its socket on the floor and lay there sputtering.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
Example Sentence:
1  The car sputtered once or twice and then stopped.
2  Suddenly the engine sputtered and stopped.
3  Japan's central bank and its main government pension fund said Friday they would pump trillions more yen into the country's sputtering economy, taking a risky new stimulus tack that jolted global markets.