How to Use splutter in a Sentence
splutter
verb- She coughed and spluttered as she climbed out of the icy water.
- When I demanded an explanation, he just stood there spluttering.
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Inconsolable, Atari sets off, at the controls of a spluttering airplane, in search of Spots.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2018
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And as the press were summoned out, Harry put aside his airs and graces and leant in to whisper Trudeau a joke — which made him loudly splutter with laughter.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2017
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However, the Swans have spluttered in recent weeks and know that conceding the first goal could prove to be damaging against a more resilient Blues outfit of late.
—SI.com, 13 Apr. 2018
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When the bodies were being carried out, two of the girls turned out to still be alive, spluttering and coughing before being stabbed into silence.
—Simon Sebag Montefiore, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
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When the bodies were being carried out, two of the girls turned out to still be alive, spluttering and coughing before being stabbed into silence.
—Simon Sebag Montefiore, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
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The machine, which must have been cobbled together in the underground, chuffed and spluttered smokily.
—WIRED, 11 Dec. 2017
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Aside from the risk of stumbling unawares into street battles and clouds of police tear gas — as some tourists have to their coughing, spluttering dismay — Hong Kong remains a pleasant city.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
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Milan have spluttered so far this season despite Montella being handed a transfer warchest in the summer - an outlay that led to 11 new arrivals heading through the door at San Siro.
—SI.com, 31 Oct. 2017
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Some of his eight predecessors would have spluttered over his idea of more disclosure, which involves wider use of social media, more interviews and more engagement with NGOs.
—The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
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Her tentative manner is in vital contrast to the assured, rolling cadences of the pastor at Mr. Gray’s funeral, or to the fiery, spluttering rage of a man who was arrested during protests in Baltimore.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2016
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Make no bones about it: Everton require further firepower to prevent their season from continually spluttering, and Niasse could be the man capable of providing the goals.
—SI.com, 21 Sep. 2017
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Those eagerly anticipating their next dividend check might be spluttering into their latte in horror at these views.
—James MacKintosh, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
- She coughed and spluttered as she climbed out of the icy water.
- When I demanded an explanation, he just stood there spluttering.
-
Inconsolable, Atari sets off, at the controls of a spluttering airplane, in search of Spots.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2018
-
And as the press were summoned out, Harry put aside his airs and graces and leant in to whisper Trudeau a joke — which made him loudly splutter with laughter.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2017
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However, the Swans have spluttered in recent weeks and know that conceding the first goal could prove to be damaging against a more resilient Blues outfit of late.
—SI.com, 13 Apr. 2018
-
When the bodies were being carried out, two of the girls turned out to still be alive, spluttering and coughing before being stabbed into silence.
—Simon Sebag Montefiore, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
-
When the bodies were being carried out, two of the girls turned out to still be alive, spluttering and coughing before being stabbed into silence.
—Simon Sebag Montefiore, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
-
The machine, which must have been cobbled together in the underground, chuffed and spluttered smokily.
—WIRED, 11 Dec. 2017
-
Aside from the risk of stumbling unawares into street battles and clouds of police tear gas — as some tourists have to their coughing, spluttering dismay — Hong Kong remains a pleasant city.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
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Milan have spluttered so far this season despite Montella being handed a transfer warchest in the summer - an outlay that led to 11 new arrivals heading through the door at San Siro.
—SI.com, 31 Oct. 2017
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Some of his eight predecessors would have spluttered over his idea of more disclosure, which involves wider use of social media, more interviews and more engagement with NGOs.
—The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
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Her tentative manner is in vital contrast to the assured, rolling cadences of the pastor at Mr. Gray’s funeral, or to the fiery, spluttering rage of a man who was arrested during protests in Baltimore.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2016
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Make no bones about it: Everton require further firepower to prevent their season from continually spluttering, and Niasse could be the man capable of providing the goals.
—SI.com, 21 Sep. 2017
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Those eagerly anticipating their next dividend check might be spluttering into their latte in horror at these views.
—James MacKintosh, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
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