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Definition of Spluttered
1. splutter [v] - See also: splutter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spluttered
Literary usage of Spluttered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. To Gipsyland by Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1893)
"suppers in the middle of the street and on the sidewalks, where at every table
candles spluttered and sparkled in the darkness: not even in France or Italy ..."
2. On the Gorilla Trail by Mary Hastings Bradley (1922)
"Candles spluttered and burned out and were replenished. Conversation, our French
conversation, spluttered, too, in those awful waits, then revived in gales ..."
3. On the Gorilla Trail by Mary Hastings Bradley (1922)
"Candles spluttered and burned out and were replenished. Conversation, our French
conversation, spluttered, too, in those awful waits, then revived in gales ..."
4. Under the sunset by Bram Stoker (1882)
"Two thousand three, hundred and one," Ruffin spluttered out. Mr. Daw dropped
another Seven into his mouth, and he spluttered out again worse than ever, ..."
5. The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science, Philosophy by Caroline Ticknor, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Richard Stockton (1901)
"He spluttered and gasped in his excitement; hit, eager words struggled for
precedence, and ran over each ... spluttered the old gentleman sarcastically. ..."
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