has been sputtering
- present perfect progressive of sputter (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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China’s economy has been sputtering for a years, with consumers especially reluctant to spend, hurting some of those companies.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
The British economy has been sputtering for the past year.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
We’ve got one of the fastest players in the league and oiur offense has been sputtering.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 31, 2018
West Brom’s attendance has been sputtering for 18 months, slipping from an average of just over 25,000 in the season he joined to 23,876 in the 2016-17 season.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2017
He has been sputtering and nagging for a dozen pages to swing off the front platform of the first passenger car that came to town.
From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen
