sputtering

Example Sentences

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Sputtering some and searching even more, the Chargers would benefit Sunday if someone could carry their offense.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2021

Sputtering supply chains have started to shunt the onus of testing from some private laboratories to their public counterparts, Peter Iwen, director of Nebraska’s Public Health Laboratory, said in an email.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2020

Sputtering electric vehicle startup Faraday Future has fired dozens of employees who have been on unpaid leave for months, including manufacturing workers hired to staff the company’s factory in Hanford, California, The Verge has learned.

From The Verge • Jun. 25, 2019

Sputtering about some inanity in the news, he seemed almost too fiery for the cool medium.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2016

Sputtering, smoky torches had been set in wall holes every few feet.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi