sputter
Example Sentences
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But shortly thereafter the rally began to sputter, as the below chart shows.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Hopes had been high that the eurozone's traditional growth engine would sputter back to life in 2026 after years of stagnation, driven by Chancellor Friedrich Merz's public spending blitz.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
He started Sunday with a sputter, including a double bogey on the par-three fourth and a bogey shortly after.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Detroit, which can sputter offensively, controls this one with tempo and physicality.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025
I sputter out, “I’ll talk to you at school,” and hang up.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
Vocabulary lists containing sputter
Excerpt from "Bad Boy"
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