sputter
verb (used without object)
to make explosive popping or sizzling sounds.
sputteringly
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a word derived from
sputter.
Example Sentences
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Emily James is terrific as the actress' sputteringly angry daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2016
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
Half comedy, half action piece, the movie runs sputteringly on the not inconsiderable charm of its stars.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only when the two women were helped sputteringly aboard did he interfere.
From Further Adventures of Lad by Albert Payson Terhune
He looked complacently down over the objectionable attire, pulled sputteringly at the condemned pipe, then grinned at her.
From Ewing\'s Lady by Harry Leon Wilson
