Thesaurus results for SPLUTTERING

spluttering

verb

present participle of splutter

as in gasping

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Common symptoms of sleep apnea include loud snoring, gasping for air during the night, and waking up feeling tired.

— Lindsay Curtis, HEALTH, 27 Sep. 2026
The restaurant next to the nearby police department is shuttered; the restaurant across the street from it is long dead, and the once-vibrant downtown — which generated revenue that benefited every neighborhood of the city — is gasping.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of gasping

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Neutrons are unstable when they’re not bound in nuclei, spontaneously spitting out lighter particles in about 15 minutes to become the slightly lighter proton.

— Cara Giovanetti, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
Of course, Nicole made her presence felt in other ways as well, including spitting water into Jeremiah’s face and projectile vomiting all over the tribe camp.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of spitting

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The two of them spent the rest of the night pressed together in the crowded bar, shouting at each other to be heard over the sound of drunk youth.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Kelce said lovingly before shouting out how quickly and thoroughly Swift picked up all there is to know about his sport.

— Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of shouting

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For the best results, Dyson recommends using toothpaste without foaming agents.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
Then use either a foaming coil cleaner or a mixture of warm water and dish soap on the coils, making sure to avoid contact with the electrical controls and fan motor.

— Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 9 July 2026

Definition of foaming

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Eventually, my mother comes downstairs again and puts her arms around him and holds him, whispering something to him, words that to me are meaningless and incomprehensible.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
On multiple occasions, she could be heard whispering her husband’s answers as Sandusky struggled to hear.

— Mark Puleo, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of whispering

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His Toronto Maple Leafs, on the heels of three straight first-round playoff exits, were sputtering in November with a 9-10-4 record.

— Janson Duench, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Some analysts attributed the drop-off to sputtering demand as investors moved past the company's splashy listing and took a closer look at its bottom line.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of sputtering

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During a mound visit in the top of the first inning with the Colorado Rockies already trailing the Arizona Diamondbacks by two runs, a lone voice of encouragement emerged from an otherwise restless and murmuring crowd at Coors Field.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026
Or at least squeezed in a solid couch nap with baseball/golf/soccer/primo history programming murmuring in the background.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 22 June 2026

Definition of murmuring

Verb

His drawling, winking charm is front and center, and his attraction to our heroine feels both genuine and even quite protective, but his violent streak is so blasé as to be unnerving.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 June 2026
Daniel Craig stars as Benoit Blanc, a Southern-drawling Hercule Poirot-style private detective who helps a wealthy family uncover the truth behind the death of their beloved patriarch (Christopher Plummer).

— Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026

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