sputtering

Example Sentences

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Trammell scored 21 points, none more important than his eight straight midway through the second half after the Aztecs had fallen into nine-point hole with their offense sputtering.

From Washington Post

Western analysts debate whether Russia’s battered military, after suffering immense casualties and depleting its weapon stores, is capable of mounting a much broader campaign than the one it is sputtering through now.

From New York Times

Pieta Brown — the daughter of the longtime Iowan folk songwriter Greg Brown — sings about love and trust over the producer JT Bates’s edgeless electronic chords and sputtering 6/4 beats.

From New York Times

The mixed-media artist Josh Kline had created a full-room installation that deftly captured the daily indignities and collective angst of life in a sputtering democracy.

From New York Times

Government critics say the sputtering electricity supply is also a result of endemic corruption, rooted in the country’s sectarian power-sharing system that allows political elites to use patronage networks to consolidate power.

From Seattle Times