How To Use Splutter In A Sentence

Experts probed the origin of the sulphurous smell which appeared at the beginning of February after calls from worried Benfleet and Canvey residents who were left spluttering.
Liz smiles professionally and holds Larry, who wheezes and splutters, enduring his hardship with a stoicism that looks exhausting.
Finnegan howled and spluttered in inebriate rage, then sank back in his seat and stared up at Arabella with a kind of awestruck respect. Salvage for the Saint
‘Oh God,’ I spluttered, as I leapt to my feet and rushed to the bathroom.
It overheated, it clunked, it smoked, stuttered, spluttered and on more than one occasion - blew up.

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Draught horses are led around the smaller ring, and nearby dozens of stationary engines chuff, splutter and bounce on individual pitches. Country diary: Stithians, Cornwall
Having spluttered vigorously into double-handfuls of water from the little stream and put the towel back on its bush, he turned his attention to his twelve-dollar boots -- for in the country of boots and saddles the leatherwork is the soul of appearances. The Wrong Woman
Now, the coals of the campfire had burned low and, in the big skillet, rabbit legs and thick bacon rashers spluttered.
I was sort of wonderin 'how long he could keep this up, and what would be the finish, when from behind me I hears this spluttery line of exclamations indicatin' rage. The House of Torchy
The resident cats of the time didn't much like the hissing and spluttering and clattering the device made as it brewed a new jugful, but they came round in the end.
For example, I have never felt more a part of a ‘real community’ than when I've taken my wheezing, spluttering wean up to Yorkhill Hospital in Glasgow of a stormy evening.
The engine spluttered and caught. Somewhere East of Life
But then the flames drowned out the rest, and Raspa was engulfed in flames that stretched up and spluttered sparks like shooting stars into the velvety black, strangely beautiful night sky. Bubble in the Bathtub
The engine coughed and spluttered, then stopped altogether.
I run this by Mrs Webber who splutters for a second.
“Oh, Dr. Foster!” the voice on the line spluttered, feigning shock. A Covert Affair
After that the abuse rained down continually upon the hapless Mr O'Brien, like rocks and pumice from a spluttering volcano.
I spluttered, making a “zip it” motion with my hands. How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf
Each splutter sprayed scarlet beads over her ghost-white frame, and over Raven when Nelly snatched at her shoulders in an attempt to steady herself.
Norwood coughed and spluttered, trying to speak.
It is of a monster enterprise monstering itself, of a family that can't get a grip – on itself or dad; of a dynasty falling apart as shareholders splutter and investors turned chicken cross the road. News Corp saga is gripping: let's soak up the family drama
Molly leapt to her feet, spluttering and howling with rage.
People from the television stations interviewed Newt and Thalia McAfee as the pair spluttered with rage. THE THREE INVESTIGATORS
Alex dropped the plate she was washing into the basin and spluttered as the soapy water splashed in her face, stinging her eyes.
In the middle of the bridge,his old car spluttered out.
I became quite worried as his speech became more slurred and he began coughing and spluttering. The Sun
Julia splutters as she swallows the last sip of her wine.
Her nostrils flare and she splutters, frothing bubbles from her nose, laying a thick trail of wrong wayed fluid in her wind pipe, but holding in the cough; drinking, and putting everything else on hold.
Sleep gas?" I splutter, and before I can wipe my mouth on my lacy white sleeve, he hands me a cloth napkin—also lush red.
Draught horses are led around the smaller ring, and nearby dozens of stationary engines chuff, splutter and bounce on individual pitches. Country diary: Stithians, Cornwall
All this, including conversations à trois at cross-purposes, with three-way splutters, is supposed to make the play more interesting but merely makes it all the more annoying.
Vic looked at them as a sooty Tom coughed and spluttered.
When I stopped coughing and spluttering, we sat down, had a think and decided to let her have one.
As the carrom seeds splutter, add steamed chowli, salt, chili powder & sugar. Chori-Dhokli nu Shaak
They spluttered and struggled for attacking fluency but dug in and showed determination on a cold and blustery afternoon when the result mattered more than their performance. Times, Sunday Times
When it splutters, add onions, green chillies, capsicum and groundnuts and fry till the onions become light gold.
The old engine coughed and spluttered into life.
They wait for what seems an eternity in the waiting area amongst a baby's cries, coughs, splutters and a awkward, piercing, silence.
There has been spluttering and coughing over the kedgeree and alfalfa crêpes at the Edinburgh Festival this year.
At last the tractor began to spit and splutter in protest and Papa and I knew that our efforts had nearly paid off.
Edith was being so very spluttery, that Aunty May and I leaned out the window, and then we jerked our heads in and Aunty May said, "Don't you dare laugh out loud, Billy. W. A. G.'s Tale
Sales spluttered along for a few years, but it was clear that the public were not convinced. Times, Sunday Times
Now both engines are spluttering. Times, Sunday Times
Maybe it's the joy of playing it to friends who pride themselves on liking extreme music, and watching them splutter tea down their fronts.
Cue noises of spluttering outrage. Times, Sunday Times
No sobs or splutters or hiccoughs spilled from her trembling lip, although, her lip did tremble.
In picking out nations with whom we would like to develop trade, not just a spluttery trade of a few years but a long and permanent and, if possible, a happy condition of trade, we want to pick out countries where the transport is easy and where there is a very great deal of difference between their conditions and ours. Canada's Relations With China
This isn't reality TV!" they splutter, settling in for 60 solid minutes watching a woman fake-tanned the shade of a third-degree burn glueing diamante craft beads on to her vagina. Grace Dent's TV OD
She spluttered chaotically - her head racing as she was overcome by a volatile cocktail of heat and cold.
Before I get to the part where I start gibbering and spluttering, I should begin by doing what I can manage coherently.
He had me spluttering with laughter all the way with his schoolboy comedy but left our German guest convinced that he was possibly deranged. Times, Sunday Times
Cue noises of spluttering outrage. Times, Sunday Times
Despite her scepticism, she has nonetheless banished me to the camp-cot in the study so that my nocturnal hacking and spluttering won't interfere with her slumbers.
He splutters water as he tries to inhale more air.
Spluttering, he pulled himself up, grabbed the Hai Hau's bowline, then to his comrades ' complete astonishment, swam rapidly to shore. THE MYSTERY OF THE CHINESE JUNK
Although summer's over and the last splutters of colour are fading from most gardens, there is a way to keep your patch looking pretty in the dark days ahead.
The candle gave a few faint splutters and then went out.
This is not permissible," Consul Lingford spluttered. Bunches of Knuckles
Occasionally she sighs deeply, with that blubbery, spluttery noise that all horses make when they sigh. Letters to Helen Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front
I can hear you spluttering but it's true. Times, Sunday Times
The man choked and spluttered, but didn't answer.
He had me spluttering with laughter all the way with his schoolboy comedy but left our German guest convinced that he was possibly deranged. Times, Sunday Times
Add carrom seeds, asafoetida and turmeric powder. as they splutter, add green paste. Surti Lilva nu Shaak
He raised a dripping fist and shook it at the departing boat with a wordless screech, only to splutter again as he went under once more.
The man was coughing and spluttering. The Sun
Katie was spluttering with rage.
A minute later the splutter of an exhaust told them the silencer had been taken off. WHOSE BUSINESS IS TO LIVE
Trying to scramble back onto the bank all grace aside, she kicked and spluttered.
Today, it is the outdoor activity capital of southern Utah, and mountains around it echo with whooping base jumpers, spluttering river rafters and the squeal of tortured mountain bikes.
He opened the throttle but the engine merely coughed and spluttered several times.
It said the first sign of a problem would be the engine spluttering, possibly followed by a complete loss of power. Times, Sunday Times
‘Kara - Kara Sarris,’ he finally spluttered the words out.
Inside, the group browsed, coughed, hacked, wheezed, and spluttered.
As if the equipage were a great firework, and the mere sight of a smoking cottage chimney had lighted it, instantly it begins to crack and splutter, as if the very devil were in it. Pictures from Italy
They pulled it out and doubled it back, and looped it over, and pulled it out; and sometimes a peachblow cheek touched a bronzed one; and sometimes a sweet little voice spluttered out; "you Jack;" and there was Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales
The iron was hissing and spluttering.
'I should ha' forgot it; I should certainly ha' forgot it!' said Sam; so saying, he at once stepped into the stationer's shop, and requested to be served with a sheet of the best gilt-edged letter- paper, and a hard-nibbed pen which could be warranted not to splutter. Lance Mannion:
They were coughing and spluttering and were given gas masks by paramedics, who arrived in 15 ambulances and a helicopter. The Sun
The juggernaut started with a cough and splutter, was thrown into gear and began to move off down the narrow road.
‘It's absolutely scandalous,’ he splutters.
The recording itself is thrilling, if warts-and-all, with Pappano singing along, while the audience cough and splutter between movements. Mahler: Symphony No 6 – review
I didn't cough or splutter… in fact, I felt no awkwardness or uncomfortableness that I thought I might, and so I did it again.
Scott spluttered, earning himself a sharp dig in the ribs from Josh.
The resident cats of the time didn't much like the hissing and spluttering and clattering the device made as it brewed a new jugful, but they came round in the end.
She spluttered and choked on something that caught in her throat. LOST SUMMER
But be warned - take a deep breath before you push that button or, like me, you could find yourself gasping and spluttering amid a thick mist of spray.
The braziers had not been moved, the fire was dead, the candle had spluttered out.
She began to cough and splutter sickly, the urge to do so appearing quite abruptly.
Splutter and oons!" cried the man, interrupting me, "who be you a-calling swab, I'd like to know! Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow
Lincoln checked her watch and nodded as an emaciated gray bus spluttered dead; pausing on its way to the ring of featureless, achromatic roads which led to the main structure of South Street ferry port.
Earlier in the postcrisis recovery, at least one of these engines of global growth has been spluttering. Times, Sunday Times
And that means I'd spend my life spluttering to a halt at the side of the road. Times, Sunday Times
I find myself increasingly irritated by the occasional coughs and splutters of the audience.
But as it went out of view behind trees, he said there was a spluttering noise and a bang. The Sun
As it turned out, the opening 45 minutes of the film are by far the most entertaining; the coughs and splutters come later.
Suddenly the engine coughed, spluttered and died.
He couldn't help but think it strange that she greeted him in a splutter.
Well, except for Sean Preston and Jayden James, who had to put up with a slightly crazed woman babbling at them in a made-up language and farting like a spluttery clown-car engine all the time, but for everyone else it was all tickety-boo. Britney Spears In Hospital After K-Fed Custody Row
Keats spluttered and coughed to full wakefulness, and steadied himself with a stiff brandy.
But I do know which ones won't leave you coughing and spluttering when you reach the checkout. The Sun
It was smooth and curved and when she gave it an enquiring prod with her knuckles, it moved with an uneven and spluttery sound. In the Presence of the Enemy
Coughing and spluttering, I reached up to unseal the airtight locks on the compartment.
Sales spluttered along for a few years, but it was clear that the public were not convinced. Times, Sunday Times
A quite amazing exchange I thought and the host and other guests really had no answer to anything he said, they almost spluttered out their responses. Police Do As They Are Told Shock!!!! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Suddenly the engine coughed, spluttered and died.
The rain caused the lamp to splutter.
Rugg, as she raised her glass to her lips in completion of it, had not happened to look at Young John; when she was again so overcome by the contemptible comicality of his disinterestedness as to splutter some ambrosial drops of rum and water around, and withdraw in confusion. Little Dorrit
Despite its pedigree, the company spluttered through its first two years.
I gave a spluttery fake laugh that was the best I could manage. Summer Love
He spluttered as the foul-tasting brew went down his throat, and set the glass back down.
Prepare the seasoning by spluttering mustard seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves, split green chilies. Archive 2009-04-01
It must have been too much for him that he could only splutter, ‘I don't believe it!
As the Boss choked and spluttered for air he fished in his pocket for something.
He'd driven the van around aimlessly until it had run out of fuel and spluttered and died.
I spluttered, ‘Well, if it bothers you, Jacquiline, I won't go with her.’
The candle gave a few faint splutters and then went out.
'I should ha' forgot it; I should certainly ha' forgot it!' said Sam; so saying, he at once stepped into the stationer's shop, and requested to be served with a sheet of the best gilt-edged letter- paper, and a hard-nibbed pen which could be warranted not to splutter. Lance Mannion:
He raps with a slippery undulating velocity that few can match without descending into jibber-jabber or spluttering.
To put things into perspective, any amateur exhibitionist could easily attract 50000 gawks and views by taking a spluttery extended bowel movement on a freeway shoulder within an hour. Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
Out of breath,he spluttered he'd come up the stairs at once.
She bobbed up, spluttering, only to flop back under.
Dimitri hopped off the spluttering bus and watched it drive, or rather screech away.
With the capital coughing and spluttering, it would be politically reckless for either to take time off. Times, Sunday Times
Yesterday's battle of the nemeses spluttered and flickered but, alas, never caught fire. Times, Sunday Times
The words came out in short excited little splutters.
It is of a monster enterprise monstering itself, of a family that can't get a grip – on itself or dad; of a dynasty falling apart as shareholders splutter and investors turned chicken cross the road. News Corp saga is gripping: let's soak up the family drama
If they dont splutter over their retraction at this point, then they would more likely be at home being a patient of a mental ward rather than managing one. on July 7, 2009 at 11: 08 am grim rupert Criminals Insist On Being Naughty SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
This wakes you with coughing and spluttering. The Sun
I was just looking for the entry form in the paper when the plane's engine started missing and spluttering.
What the hell did you do that for? spluttered Duff and swung a round-arm punch at Sean's head. When the Lion Feeds
Vienna coach Joachim Loew was stunned by the incident and spluttered: ‘It was unfair, unsporting.’
And that could bring the spluttering economy to an abrupt halt. Times, Sunday Times
At the first spluttering sounds of the water ration's arrival through the pipes in the predawn dark, bodies spring from beds to fill buckets and pots.
When we can hear the engine spluttering and the axle creaking, the time has come to move. The Sun
It is the only strategy in town, but you can almost hear the spluttering indignation from the many Tories (and at least one newspaper publisher) who remain unreconciled five years after the party's U-turn.
The bacon spluttered, and he licked his gravy-japped finger.
I began massaging his chest, and give him mouth-to-mouth, Mr Dance then came to help and the little boy began spluttering.
I can hear you spluttering but it's true. Times, Sunday Times
I saw no signs of the Hillmen, and though we were greeted by a splutter of jezail bullets we were unable to capture any of the rascals. The Mystery of Cloomber
But once, trying to answer a question thrown at him, he choked and spluttered on a treacle toffee.
The engine coughed and spluttered into life.
A spindly old man produced a bagpipe and blew it in competition with the flutist, beginning in wild, warlike tones and ending with an ignominious splutter and hiss.
Retired vicars slumbering in deckchairs around village grounds will awaken with a jolt and splutter into their teas when they hear the suggestion that the French invented cricket.
Other than the odd splutter, my cold is now firmly kicked into touch, and I can review with a head no muzzier than usual progress on the misbegotten work in progress. Archive 2008-11-01
The hot oil in the pot spluttered out onto my hand.
Now, open the bleed valve and the control valve, the one used to turn it on and off, until water starts to splutter from the bleed valve.
Keats spluttered and coughed to full wakefulness, and steadied himself with a stiff brandy.
The old gentleman was spluttering with indignation.
I tip the contents of the unmarked fired-pottery flask into my mouth and splutter.
He'll stutter and splutter, and you can follow up with a series of insults steadily escalating in vituperation and profanity.
It said the first sign of a problem would be the engine spluttering, possibly followed by a complete loss of power. Times, Sunday Times
Given unexpected control of his lungs, he spluttered and drew breaths until his body took over.
John Gross, who met him at the open house Roth kept on Saturday afternoons for Jewish students, describes him as 'a tall man, with thick glasses, lots of teeth, lank black hair parted in the middle (it was often mistaken for a wig) and a spluttery voice '— in short, a typical Oxford don, except that' his conversation abounded with what you might call the higher Jewish gossip. ' A Double Bind
I personally couldn't give a spluttery bowel movement if she goes. Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
'But ... but ... I can't believe... how could you?' she spluttered.
I heard a spluttering noise from the plane. Times, Sunday Times
One minute you're in a sharp, spluttering, stony riffle, and then you're in a swift, frictionless, swirling run, or in a deep slow pool of long vowels and slow consonants.
Sales spluttered along for a few years, but it was clear that the public were not convinced. Times, Sunday Times
‘It wasn't much, around seven million,’ she paused as the Inspector choked and spluttered.
And that means I'd spend my life spluttering to a halt at the side of the road. Times, Sunday Times
Many were those who'd been plucked limp and spluttering from the water into one of the cumbersome little dories used by the local surfmen. AMAGANSETT
‘There are tragic things that happen all over the world’, he spluttered.
This wakes you with coughing and spluttering. The Sun
Will spluttered before letting loose a roar of laughter.
He finally spluttered into life when he scored twice against Hungary in the final group game here in Lyon. The Sun
Steve and Andy stand in front of us and collapse into ridiculous splutters.
She nodded, understanding, ignoring Aaron's splutters of indignation.
And that could bring the spluttering economy to an abrupt halt. Times, Sunday Times
They beth splutter with anger and burst into silly giggles, wrestling.
Now both engines are spluttering. Times, Sunday Times
I gave a gasping cry and began breathing heavily, then choked and spluttered for his benefit.
Kara sipped the one he handed her and spluttered.
How bright and welcome the sun looked as he rose to the surface coughing and spluttering! The Wind in the Willows
Many were those who'd been plucked limp and spluttering from the water into one of the cumbersome little dories used by the local surfmen. AMAGANSETT
Patrick spluttered, ‘You, you had no right to trick me like this.’
The lips of the sentinel quivered as he spluttered out the words: ‘I - apologise, my Lord!’
Sales spluttered along for a few years, but it was clear that the public were not convinced. Times, Sunday Times
He spluttered unintelligibly, shook his head, and looked very miserable. THE DESCENT
Jeffrey sez, We're getting more and more excellent panoramic photographers uploading their spherical panoramas to our site - but this one made me splutter with delight. Boing Boing
With a final awkward splutter, the flame barrier vanished.
The engine is coughing and spluttering and nobody knows quite how to keep the thing going.
The heater coughed and spluttered loudly and we both laughed nervously, trying to ease the tension.
With the capital coughing and spluttering, it would be politically reckless for either to take time off. Times, Sunday Times
August 25, 2009 nonesuch mcSpluttershirts and the colonorectal imaging cameras I have a 25-wood and intend to use it
But I do know which ones won't leave you coughing and spluttering when you reach the checkout. The Sun
And from the deep bowels of the ship, an engine coughed, spluttered and finally came on with a roar.
Sometimes it's so difficult to maintain a logical through-line in spluttering belligerence. Times, Sunday Times
His brother spluttered all the way to the table but to no avail.
The hot oil in the pot spluttered out onto my hand.
And our rother dear young friends," she was beginning, when suddenly she put her hands up to her face and made a curious spluttering noise, at sound of which the sisters started in dismay. A Houseful of Girls
I heard a spluttering noise from the plane. Times, Sunday Times
In postcolonial India and China, where billions are now being coerced into a transition from agrarian to urban industrial economies(Sentencedict), this cycle had barely begun before it began to splutter.
You will find it splutters around, sometimes spitting spots of fuel from the exhaust, not seeming very impressive.
A punishing schedule that has left the engine spluttering and the chief mechanic unable to furnish suitable replacement parts.
The engine spluttered and caught. Somewhere East of Life
Well, except for Sean Preston and Jayden James, who had to put up with a slightly crazed woman babbling at them in a made-up language and farting like a spluttery clown-car engine all the time, but for everyone else it was all tickety-boo. Britney Spears In Hospital After K-Fed Custody Row
But happily that doesn't mean that it or the hotel is full of spluttering Keatsian consumptives nor that the spa is especially clinical in feel.
I became quite worried as his speech became more slurred and he began coughing and spluttering. The Sun
They were coughing and spluttering and were given gas masks by paramedics, who arrived in 15 ambulances and a helicopter. The Sun
An unexpected beat on a snare drum made a French horn splutter out a belching sound, and in the back of the band something big emitted a snort, one that made Lisa think of a blue whale that had just surfaced after a week underwater. Bubble in the Bathtub

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