sputtering in a sentence

Examples

1. Thomas answers her with hissing cymbals and sputtering tom-toms.
2. The second pitch sailed about like a party balloon sputtering helium.
3. The Big Red Machine was sputtering on the cliffs of history.
4. I was coughing and sputtering _ it was definitely very painful.
5. Bill Clinton promptly adopted the metaphor, leaving the Republicans sputtering.
6. There's a sputtering noise, then a loud bang.
7. Sputtering in frustration, Karnaby took off across town by foot.
8. On Monday, after sputtering for years, the vision died.
9. Now stocks are slumping again, and the recovery is sputtering.
10. The economy is sputtering to life but not quickly or vigorously.