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Examples of putter in a Sentence
Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 5 Apr. 2024
But without compelling character development of either Haley or Isabella, the narrative mostly putters along on predictable routes.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
Score 20 percent off a sturdy and light push cart, 15 percent off a tour-quality putter from Odyssey, and even 30 percent off a Nikon rangefinder with slope.
—Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
Get a table overlooking the water, watch the barges putter past and daydream about continuing on a voyage upriver to the heart of South America.
—Laurence Blair, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Now she’s had some time to get a new putter in the bag and it’s slowly started to come around.
—Doug Ferguson, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
Owner Steve Fox clearly spared no expense in letting his design team find some new ways to get a dimpled ball from putter to hole.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
For more information on the all-new Never Compromise Reserve putters, visit us.dunlopsports.com/never-compromise.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2024
As for the whereabouts of her original putter, Zhang has no idea.
—Doug Ferguson, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
Naveen Kumar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
Ingenuity hovered above the rover acting as a scout, as Perseverance puttered along the sands of Mars.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2024
Alas, the radio-less Cub puttered along the runway, seemingly oblivious to the Cessna fast approaching his rear.
—Sarah Schutte, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
The family's white SUV is seen puttering out at the intersection of Main and First streets.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
Though Diana is at the center, Queen Elizabeth II (Imelda Staunton), Prince Charles and Prince Philip (Jonathan Pryce) are all puttering about in the background.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
Of that group, 246 had a harder average fastball than Teheran’s, which putters along at 89.6 miles per hour, according to Sports Info Solutions.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 27 June 2023
During the three-decade rule of autocrat Hosni Mubarak, the relationship puttered along more or less stably, despite widespread reports of corruption and election-rigging but often with Egypt stepping up to provide valuable security in conflicts in the region.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
Aujla puttered in and out of the studio, smiling and not saying much.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
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“Putter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/putter. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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putter
1 of 3 noun
putter
2 of 3 noun
Noun
from put and -er (noun suffix)
Noun
from putt and -er (noun suffix)
Verb
an altered form of earlier potter "to move about idly without aim or purpose"
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