splutter

Example Sentences

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Manchester United meanwhile continue to splutter their way through the season, picking up points here and there without playing anything like the football their fans expect.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2023

The conveyor belt was ready, the empty bottles were stacked and the machinery was about to splutter into life.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2023

Years of record-low rates have fuelled the tech stock rally but with those rates now rising again the appeal of stratospherically-valued tech stocks gets dimmer for investors, especially if their growth trajectories splutter.

From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2022

Certainly, it’s true that for those who once motored on, constantly producing cosily banal content every day for content’s sake, the machine has started to splutter.

From The Guardian • May 2, 2020

It burned Harry’s mouth and throat as it went down, making him cough and splutter.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling