The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
We had some good drives, but then we'd get down to the red zone and kind of sputter out, '' Carr said. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Football - Pittsburgh vs. Carolina] Reference
T's growth will "sputter" without the iPhone as a guaranteed draw, says Moffett. From Wordnik.com. [MacNN | The Macintosh News Network] Reference
AT&T's growth will "sputter" without the iPhone as a guaranteed draw, says Moffett. From Wordnik.com. [MacNN | The Macintosh News Network] Reference
Then I heard a little fizz and sputter from below. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Presently came a sputter and crackle of electric sparks. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
Andy's struggling little fire died with hardly a sputter. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
Palestinians have seen efforts at reform sputter out before. From Wordnik.com. [A CHANGE OF DIRECTION] Reference
Broken wires began to sputter ominously and fire out sparks. From Wordnik.com. [David and the Phoenix] Reference
The engine began to sputter and directly the motorboat moved. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Allies Under the Sea] Reference
A bright sputter of fire cut the darkness beneath the hemlocks. From Wordnik.com. [Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods] Reference
And we swelled the merriment with a forced sputter of ridicule. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
As the group struggles for consensus, many years can sputter by. From Wordnik.com. [The Regulators' Boogie] Reference
A bleak vista of volcanic ash dotted with sputter cones opened before them. From Wordnik.com. [The Lani People] Reference
Allow these to cook in the sauce until they sputter, then add a little water. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Italian Cookery] Reference
When this sauce begins to sputter, add, little by little, some boiling water. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Italian Cookery] Reference
He dropped to a lower altitude, barely a hundred feet above the sputter cones. From Wordnik.com. [The Lani People] Reference
With the markets so firmly against them, the diplomats can't do much but sputter. From Wordnik.com. [Rush To The Exits] Reference
Of course, the water poured into his open mouth and he began to sputter and choke. From Wordnik.com. [Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories] Reference
There was a sputter, then a crackle like the firing of many rifles, and then a great roar. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
They were almost upon the schooner when the first rocket went off with a terrible sputter. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
Carlinhos nodded and started up the van; a deafening sputter echoed off the concrete walls. From Wordnik.com. [New Carpet] Reference
As with a refractory engine that will suddenly sputter, there came some elements of success. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
If pure butter is melted in a spoon, it will not sputter; if oleomargarine is present, it will. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference
"Evidently that's what I'm made for," said the plate, shutting up again with a sputter of pride. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896] Reference
With unemployment remaining high and consumer spending lagging, the economy continues to sputter. From Wordnik.com. [Recession Roundup: Poverty Rate Jumps, Infrastructure Crumbles] Reference
A sputter of rifle fire burst from the woods and bullets rattled on the metal of engine and tender. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
About forty miles an hour, with just a board and a tremendous sputter between you and the flying rails. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
From the "Clyde" one could easily tell where the bullets were coming from by their sputter in the water. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
He was scarcely able to sputter out this defiance, "When you catch me tasting that stuff, you'll know it!". From Wordnik.com. [The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play] Reference
The final sputter of his dying, under the hose streams of his foes, sounded for all the world like a chuckle. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
Some sputter out as they travel, and are disintegrated, while others continue to glow like a piece of heated iron, for many hours. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms] Reference
All the men and women laughed as children sputter laughter, when they are both pleased and yet a little ashamed to show their pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
When the onion has taken a good color, add the tomatoes, and cook until they sputter, then add the peppers and a little salt and pepper. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Italian Cookery] Reference
When the tomatoes are cooked and begin to sputter put the macaroni into the pan with them, mix well, add grated Parmesan cheese, and serve. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Italian Cookery] Reference
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