sputtering in a sentence

Examples

1. Karl has devised new sets to help the sometimes sputtering halfcourt offense.
2. The protests and sporadic violence have weakened an already sputtering peace effort.
3. They did not want to lose their stranglehold on the sputtering Orioles.
4. He was told that Fontes said the offense was sputtering.
5. But sales are still sputtering in both the United States and Europe.
6. He has also provoked sputtering indignation from London to Bonn.
7. Conversely, this indicator can also show whether the economy is sputtering.
8. "Then the engine started sputtering, " she said.
9. "We're sputtering big time ."
10. An exception in this group of sputtering stocks has been Aviation Sales.