Example Sentences

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Emily James is terrific as the actress' sputteringly angry daughter.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2016

Half comedy, half action piece, the movie runs sputteringly on the not inconsiderable charm of its stars.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now I know there is a consciousness that transcends science, a consciousness toward which our species is sputteringly evolving, a welcome development spurred ironically by our generational rendezvous with mortality.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only when the two women were helped sputteringly aboard did he interfere.

From Further Adventures of Lad by Terhune, Albert Payson

He tumbled backward with a roar, which, however, was not at all hilarious, and began to dig sputteringly at his tongue and lips, which were liberally coated with cat hair.

From Frank Merriwell's Reward by Standish, Burt L.