Verb (used with object) : The fire sputtered cinders. From Dictionary.com.
OTOH, your ongoing dickwaving and purple-faced sputtering is something I enjoy. From Wordnik.com. [A Not-So-Sad Farewell to the "Crocodile Hunter"] Reference
A bit of audio doctoring mangled Pogue ` s AT&T in sputtering mimicry of a bad connection. From Wordnik.com. [p2pnet World Headlines – May 28, 2009] Reference
People in sputtering cars roared by, honking, hooting at the cowboy family in the horse-drawn wagon, churning up dust in their faces. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan] Reference
Doesn’t even name Corbett; even if it does, I don’t think sputtering is a criminal act. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett Subpoenas Identity of His Critics, for a Criminal Probe] Reference
Well, I actually furrowed my brow and made several non-word sputtering noises before the "huh" crept out. From Wordnik.com. [May 2006] Reference
S micro-tuned strings, the heaving, irregular start of massive engines in sputtering drum riffs, and the sonic echoes of a warehouse. From Wordnik.com. [Rodney Punt: Annie Gosfield in Concert -- The Industrial Age Goes Avant-Garde] Reference
It's still staggering and stumbling and kind of sputtering forward. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 21, 2003] Reference
Workerbee, I am an Obama supporter and not a facist, and I'm not "sputtering" anything. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Meets With John Edwards] Reference
You really think you can fire the same kind of sputtering, defective shells that didn't work the first time to vastly better effect?. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Camp Hits Back] Reference
I used the word "sputtering" in my headline because it's the adjective in The Wall Street Journal's online coverage. From Wordnik.com. [Motor Trend Videos RSS] Reference
"sputtering," according to a report by two Valley non-profit groups. From Wordnik.com. [GigaOM] Reference
"sputtering" or making unusual noises, and that the engine was "not operating.". From Wordnik.com. [Local News from Star-Banner] Reference
"sputtering," suggesting Apple may be looking at the netbook sector to kick-start business momentum. From Wordnik.com. [Low End Mac] Reference
Two years ago, the indie-rock scene was sputtering. From Wordnik.com. [Rock's Big Bounce] Reference
Forty-two engines spring into sputtering, angry life. From Wordnik.com. [Chariots Of Fire] Reference
This time around, there was no sputtering or stammering. From Wordnik.com. [Do We Need To Go There Again?] Reference
What has Honda learned from the sputtering Accord hybrid?. From Wordnik.com. [Green Gap] Reference
He was determined, he said, to "leave the right sputtering.". From Wordnik.com. [The Understudy] Reference
The economic recovery is sputtering, as Neil Irwin documents. From Wordnik.com. [The economy can't recover until the economy recovers] Reference
Until last week the face of this sputtering engine was Pittman's. From Wordnik.com. [You've Got New Management] Reference
If the country's economy is sputtering, he can blame it on the global downturn. From Wordnik.com. [Opposites Attract] Reference
By going the green mile on SUVs, Ford has left its cross-town rivals sputtering. From Wordnik.com. [Ford Goes For The Green] Reference
Iraqi engineer Nouzad Ariel is something of an expert on sputtering economic engines. From Wordnik.com. [SADDAM THE BUILDER] Reference
There is growing pessimism that the sputtering recovery will give way to negative growth. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Hoenig, Top Fed Official, Warns Fed Risks Repeating Past Mistakes] Reference
In the mornings Enrique woke up breathless and sputtering, convinced that he was drowning. From Wordnik.com. [‘A Handbook to Luck’] Reference
You can hear it: the sputtering of lawn mowers springing into action after months of idleness. From Wordnik.com. [The Joys Of Mowing] Reference
After World War II, this sputtering dynamo fired and forged into the financial capital of Asia. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Bangs: Hong Kong: Quest for the Dragon] Reference
Instead, we get Lea Thompson sputtering, "I feel my uterus contracting," while cooing over a baby. From Wordnik.com. [You Call This A Golden Age?] Reference
After all, SUV sales are up 5 percent this year, despite rising gas prices and a sputtering economy. From Wordnik.com. [Daimler Thinks Small] Reference
Some Americans owned fallout shelters, and many remembered Khrushchev sputtering, "We will bury you!". From Wordnik.com. [The Real Cover-Up] Reference
One new force driving the move north is the sputtering pace of reform at home under President Vicente Fox. From Wordnik.com. [Making It In America] Reference
In a sputtering economy, consumers are supposed to rein in their spending, particularly on big-ticket items. From Wordnik.com. [Sold!] Reference
Meanwhile, economic hardship caused by the sputtering intifada has made cash buyouts attractive to Muslim Quarter residents. From Wordnik.com. [Settlers Inside The Walls] Reference
It appears that those with a sputtering electrical generator just keep making the same mental and emotional slips again and again. From Wordnik.com. [Oops, I Did It Again] Reference
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