On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Sputters. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Sputters meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of sputter
Using Sputters
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of sputter
- In the example corpus, sputters often appears in combinations such as: sputters out, sputters at.
Context around Sputters
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sputters
- In this selection, "sputters" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fields, offense and eventually stand out and add context to how "sputters" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and eventually sputters out and dramatic voltage sputters at times. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sputters" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sputters
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But if Fields sputters in his third season? (8 words)
It’s a conceit with intriguing rhetorical force amid Europe’s immigration crisis, even if dramatic voltage sputters at times. (20 words)
The team’s success on the ice has continued to build a fan base, which now likely won’t crumble if the winning ever sputters. (25 words)
A large farm tractor driving by then stops to help, but fortunately this time the problem was evidently just a few drops of bad gas, because the lawn-tractor's engine sputters to life again after sitting for a few minutes. (41 words)
Scott's camera shudders, it sputters out, it freeze-frames, and, at times, it feels as though the pure, scorching intensity of this filmmaker’s preferred audio/visual lexicon can barely be contained within the frame. (36 words)
After a successful regular season, they get a winnable home game in the playoffs against a Titans team that is better than we all thought, but the offense sputters at the worst time. (33 words)
But if Fields sputters in his third season? (8 words)
Example sentences (7)
But if Fields sputters in his third season?
Scott's camera shudders, it sputters out, it freeze-frames, and, at times, it feels as though the pure, scorching intensity of this filmmaker’s preferred audio/visual lexicon can barely be contained within the frame.
After a successful regular season, they get a winnable home game in the playoffs against a Titans team that is better than we all thought, but the offense sputters at the worst time.
Enzo (the dog) knows that life is not simply one day after another like Groundhog day but something that moves forward like a racing car and eventually sputters out.
It’s a conceit with intriguing rhetorical force amid Europe’s immigration crisis, even if dramatic voltage sputters at times.
The team’s success on the ice has continued to build a fan base, which now likely won’t crumble if the winning ever sputters.
A large farm tractor driving by then stops to help, but fortunately this time the problem was evidently just a few drops of bad gas, because the lawn-tractor's engine sputters to life again after sitting for a few minutes.
Common combinations with sputters
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sputters out 2×
- sputters at 2×