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• The racecar's cammed out engine raspily loped and sputtered as it waited for the green light.From the entry cammed out
• The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely.From the entry buck
• Brobot did not sputter , cough , wheeze , or SPLORK !2020, Martha Brockenbrough, Samantha Berger, Bigfoot Wants a Little Brother, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN. From the entry Brobot
• Leading up the walls was an assortment of pipes, sputtering out water from its years of misrepair.2018, Garrett Melick, 5028: Insight, page 62. From the entry misrepair
• "Hey!" Alex sputtered as soon as she got Clare's foaming wake out of her face.2012, A Memoir of Love. From the entry second skin
• “You dog-hearted wretch!” sputtered Martin with water streaming down his hair and face.2007, Constance Leeds, The Silver Cup. From the entry dog-hearted
• Ut's slippery, semi-improvised antirock was shrill and swampy, an unpredictable amalgam of loose strumming and phantom sputtering.2006 November 10, Jessica Hopper, “Ten Under the Radar”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry antirock
• A second later, Sylvia sputtered with laughter, then cuppoed one hand around the side of her mouth.1999, Myrna Temte, The Gal Who Took the West, New York, N.Y.: Silhouette Books, →ISBN, pages 11–12. From the entry bazoomba
• The movie ought to sputter out here, but Crowe and Cruise don't drop the ball.1996 Dec. 13, Peter Stack, "Tom and ‘Jerry’ Make a Great Team" (film review of Jerry Maguire), San Francisco Chronicle (retrieved 21 Sept…. From the entry drop the ball
• Round noon the gas boat’s impudent sputter ticked out across the wide face of the Naas River.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 9, in Klee Wyck. From the entry gas boat
• He tossed off his coat and sat for ten minutes looking blankly at the sputtering gas jet.1913, E. Pauline Johnson, A Red Girl's Reasoning. From the entry hotelish
• Last month I found myself sputtering around in the Utah desert, on my way to a place called Zaqistan.2015 October 29, Mike Abu, “A Trip to Zaqistan, One Man’s ‘Sovereign Nation’ in the Middle of the Utah Desert”, in VICE. From the entry Zaqistan
• After riding high for two decades, the company that makes the hulky bikes that devoted riders affectionately call Hogs is sputtering.2009 March 22, Susanna Hamner, “Harley, You’re Not Getting Any Younger”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020. From the entry affectionately
• Occasionally a baby will be caught off-guard by mother's strong let-down and he will choke and sputter a bit.2004, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, 7th edition, Penguin, page 54. From the entry let-down
• So he got on a newsgroup and sputtered out chickenpoop.1997 December 30, Spewbacca, “The Olde Legend of Sirrah Palmjobe”, in alt.flame (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Jun 2026. From the entry chickenpoop
• David Ige, opening their mouths to sputter (paraphrasing here) — golly gee, we don’t know what happened, but we plan to find out — mea culpas.2018 January 13, Tad Bartimus, “When There’s Nuke Headed Your Way, ‘Do What You Gotta Do’”, in Civil Beat. From the entry mea culpa

Meaning of sputter

1. noun Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles.
2. noun Confused and hasty speech.
3. verb To emit saliva or spit from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.

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Questions about sputter in a sentence

How do you use sputter in a sentence?

Sputter is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The racecar's cammed out engine raspily loped and sputtered as it waited for the green light.”

What is a short sentence with sputter?

“The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely.”

What does sputter mean?

Sputter means moist matter thrown out in small detached particles.