splutter
verb (used without object)
to talk rapidly and somewhat incoherently, as when confused, excited, or embarrassed.
was spluttering
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past progressiveof splutter.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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As Muhammad Ali's career was spluttering into darkness in the late 1970s, Leonard began to dazzle.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2016
He was spluttering and gasping, but he was able to keep going.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Most painfully his Mary was spluttering over a cup of tea.
From Once Aboard the Lugger by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
So, whilst her father was spluttering in the scullery, Annie went out to spend an hour with a neighbour.
From Sons and Lovers by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Joan was spluttering about some plan for to-morrow.
From Gigolo by Edna Ferber
