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spluttered

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verb

past tense of splutter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spluttered
Verb
  • The plane’s window shades remained closed for the entire flight, and a guard at the front of the plane shouted at anyone who spoke.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Michel Iluz, whose son Guy Iluz was killed while captive in Gaza, shouted into the microphone at the Jerusalem protest, the pain in his voice mounting to a howl.
    WAFAA SHURAFA, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mulroney, Ackerman, Snow, and Newman turn this story of spatting WAGS into an explosive, addictive watch.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Preparation has cultural and regional variations, but the seed is usually chewed with slaked lime and betel leaves, and chewing releases a red juice that's often then spat out.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Voices gasped, exhaled for a beat, then rose up in screams of horror.
    Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Some exchanges were breathtaking — to them, certainly, and to those in the stands who gasped at the power during longer points.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Behind the set of double doors protecting the visiting locker room, the silence was so noticeable that conversations among players, owners and coaches could be nearly whispered — until Chris defensive star Chris Jones interrupted the tranquility.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As his street name was revealed, a gust of wind blew through the crowd on a hot summer day, and from the back of the crowd a woman whispered.
    Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While Tesla has thousands of employees in California and Texas, some new electric vehicle plants have sputtered.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • As subduction zones burned through the carbon-rich crust at the edges of the Pangaea supercontinent, any rock weathering that might have buried carbon dioxide now sputtered in the vast interior.
    Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His wraparound, tight-quarters assist on a Keshad Johnson dunk in the second half breathed fire into the lungs of the home crowd.
    Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
Verb
  • Deep breathing could be heard; birds chirped loudly outside; spectators murmured on the periphery.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Spit hits the fans, draws hefty fine Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter is paying a hefty price for spitting on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott in the NFL season opener.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Before the Eagles’ first defensive snap of the season, Jalen Carter spat on Cowboys QB Dak Prescott.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Spluttered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spluttered. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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