sputter

the engine sputtered and stopped.

the goose is in the oven, sputtering fat.

The candle sputtered out.

The fire sputtered and died.

The balky engine sputtered and stopped.

the sputter of the motor died away.

strikes in the public services sputtered on.

So cold that She drew one out. R-r-ratch! How it sputtered and burned! It made a warm, bright flame......

He sputtered a little, and seemed vexed.

" Oh really! " she sputtered, going rather red.

But the stream of movies with Tom Hanks on the marquee has never sputtered.

Edmond sputtered and came to his senses.

" Headmaster! " sputtered Madam Pomfrey. " They need treatment, they need rest --"

Wormtail, who had been sputtering incoherently, fell silent at once.

" Yes, sir, I—" the lackey sputtered.

The boy hesitated. When he tried to speak, all he managed to produce was a weak sputter.

Have you-did you read-? he sputtered.

Meanwhile, the celebrated American economic-mobility engine is sputtering.