| 单词 | sputter |
| 例句 | She felt naked as she began to wrap it around herself, like a bird plucked of its feathers—all goosebumpy skin and trembling bones and frail, sputtering heart. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z As one rolled into the pile of fallen silk, Pinmei stared as the fabric smoldered and curled, the flames sputtering as if gasping. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There was a fire blazing in the hearth; the flames leaped up in long orange tongues, and the logs crackled and sputtered. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z As mothers appeared on porches one by one throughout the mill village, calling their children’s names, C.P. reluctantly wandered home, dusk descending, the pale yellow lamplights sputtering on in houses as he passed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The torch, that was already burning low when he arrived, sputtered and went out; and he felt the darkness cover him like a tide. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The crowd “ooohs” and “ahhs” appropriately, but a few in the front gasp in surprise when the massive sign above the gates begins to sputter and spark. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At once a great spout of green and blue flame sprang out, and the wood flared and sputtered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Well,” Shay sputters, “if you had an unlimited amount of money, you could buy the medicine, right?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Rowan grabbed the man’s heavy, multilayered robe, tugging it over his head, and both he and Tyger helped the High Blade up to the surface, where he gasped, coughed, and sputtered. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The incessant rain made the fire sputter and send up whiffs of smoke with a sweet burnt smell. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The lantern flickered and sputtered out right then. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z One ancient street lamp is trying to light this lonely place, sputtering its life away. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The radio was sputtering and then we could hear the announcer explain about a man named Jackie Robinson—one of our folk playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As I coughed and sputtered in agony in the now-calm water, I saw one of the boys floating before me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In the distance, I heard the generators sputter and spin down, and all the lights along the harbor and in house windows behind me surged for a moment before going dark. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Then, as they rose sputtering and blinded and were led to the shore, he cried out again: “Go thou and sin no more.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He wasn’t ready to stop when his father first shined his lantern on him and pulled him away from the sputtering sheriff. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But the Permian drive sputtered and it was time for Wyles to agonize his way through another field goal, this one from the 30 instead of the 31. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It sputtered slowly for a couple of minutes, and then suddenly smoothed out and was running fast. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The nearest likely candidate he added, is Betelgeuse, whose various sputterings have for years suggested that something interestingly unstable is going on there. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He stood up, sputtering, and saw the ghost of a very glum- looking girl sitting cross-legged on top of one of the taps. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Shaking my head back and forth, I sputter, “It's just my mom. It's nothing new.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I watched as the rig coughed and sputtered to life. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “No time-out! You time-out! You time-out! Cookie! Cookie!” sputtered Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Sir,” the sergeant sputtered, “I’m proud of being an Italian.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And so he turned to the backseat and sputtered: "This is such a big loss." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I came up sputtering and saw the trout flick his tail and head downstream, where there were no girls with petticoats and no parrots. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Poe laughs midsip of his milk shake, but he sputters and begins to choke. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The airports stayed closed and occasionally the electricity would sputter and go off. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the monkeys scampered into the snow-covered courtyard and over the wall, sputtering outraged noises. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z With each step, the stairs illuminate one by one, a purple-blue light sputtering to life. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I sputtered at first, a reaction to the intrusion, then the fist in my guts demanded it and my throat opened up in compliance. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Meanwhile Nicolas had gone to fetch Amanda in old Covadonga, which still ran, though it barely sputtered along on its remaining nuts and bolts, lost in a black cloud of burning oil. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The old woman took a few sips and, though she sputtered and coughed, most of the purplish liquid disappeared down her throat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The engine sputters and churns and I wonder if the truck will make it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “We have mead, the mead of poetry,” sputtered Galar as the water brushed his lips. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He felled it with three true arrows—the first making the thing crackle and flame; the second dimming it; and the third putting out its lights, sputter. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In another moment the fuse was lit and sputtering. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She also looked slightly crazed in the flickering red glow of the sputtering neon sign. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The engine hiccupped and sputtered out, and all we heard was the wind. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The goggle-eyed library geek was sputtering mad as he rushed down the steps and stomped around the second-floor balcony. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He lit a second match, then a third, and they too sputtered out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I could feel the tears coming, so I sputtered out quickly, “Good-bye, Harry.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “But, you . . . the dragon sputtered, “your fortune, your parents . Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Shards of glass flew in every direction and Aunt Marge sputtered and blinked, her great ruddy face dripping. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Jim sputtered and threatened, but restrained himself from battering me on the street. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She paused and took a deep breath and began again, and this time her engine sputtered to life. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A faded yellow pickup sputtered to a stop nearby. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn on the faucet to sputtering cold water. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Seeing him shiver and sputter wasn’t exactly revenge, but it didn’t suck, either. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He sputtered and clutched his backpack close to him, both arms wrapped around it like a life raft. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “It was just a joke, Shay!” she sputters. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He takes in a sudden sharp breath, jerks his left arm, and widens his eyes, pupils returning to life, strange sounds sputtering from his freshly unpouted mouth. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It came from across the fence in the farmyard, a loud, sputtering roar. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He gave it a twist and the engine sputtered to life. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m happy no one’s here to see me, because I’m sputtering and splashing and coughing up water. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Their faces go red, their chests heave mightily, they sputter angry words. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Martin must have turned the faucet up all the way, because I could hear the water sputtering as I stepped around some of the broken glass from the store’s big windows. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In the distance Matt heard music and the sputter of fireworks. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Scattered around the cobblestones, the remnants of bassal were sputtering out like tiny blue-white stars. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Bronwyn set Claire down and assumed a fighting stance, while Emma held out her hands to make a flame—but she was too stunned, apparently, to summon more than a sputter of smoke. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Because I’m the prince of—” Henry looks over at her and gestures at the Orangery, at Kensington, sputtering. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I was wondering if you ever wish you had a family,” Reynie sputtered. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The magistrate surfaced, floundering, sputtering, gasping for air. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z After perhaps five minutes, I heard the churning metallic sound of the starter, and the sputtering of the engine, muffled because it was inside the barn. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “I have no idea—what the devil are you—snakes and—I haven’t time for your childish—,” he sputtered. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Though Florence had also been indignant, years before when the slimy water entered her incautiously open mouth, she had done her best not to sputter, and she had not cried out. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But before I could blow my cover by sputtering something defensive, Katie saved me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It lit immediately, sputtered once when he breathed on the new flame, caught and flared up. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “But,” Burton sputtered in disbelief as he realized something had gone terribly wrong. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I sputtered, trying to gulp enough air to shout, but the airway was blocked. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "Did you hear that, old man?" the woman said, drops of spit sputtering from her mouth with her words. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then a gust of wind through the door made the torch sputter, and the semblance was gone, washed away in orange glare. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z While our audience cheered, we ran after our rocket and watched the last of its sputtering rocket candy burn up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Again I tried the starter cord, and again nothing happened but a sad sputter. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He repeated the same process, the heart pumping and sputtering for a while before faltering like the last one. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The more he sputtered, the longer she held him under. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She dipped out three ladles of batter, poured them sputtering into the other pan, then set the bowl down. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Just like my parents’ pods, the button blinks in a slow orange sputter over the nameplate. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The fire sputtered at first, but as it found the drier branches it hissed and crackled then whooshed up in a ball of yellow fire. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When he saw me, he sputtered to a halt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was a short way through the night to Lee’s headquarters, and they rode past low sputtering campfires with the spy puffing exuberant blue smoke like a happy furnace. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The pan is sputtering loudly and has showered the wall behind the stove with oil. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He sputtered and muttered and felt the spot where I’d slapped him. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Pattie steps back as Dell sputters: "I'm .. . behind on the laundry!" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Forgive the sputtering,” she added, “but that’s the way I feel about it, just now.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z There is a sputter, then a torrent of bright music. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I sputtered all this at Mother, then ran to my room and slammed the door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Lourdes is mesmerized by the greenish water, by the sad, sputtering fountain, and a wound inside her reopens. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “You! You stupid old woman!” he finally sputtered. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There were clusters of freckles on her forearms and wrists, an entire Milky Way spreading across her forehead, even a few sputtering quasars flung into the wormholes of her ears. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When I heard the motor fade in the distance and finally sputter and die, I stood up and came out from behind my bush, not forgetting my milk and fish. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The round man sputtered twice but didn’t say a word. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "I—I thought salty water would taste nice, since food usually tastes better with salt," I sputter. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The sudden sputtering and choking of our truck halt my daydreaming. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Jacobs sputtered, unable to form a sentence. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Overhead, fluorescent lights sputtered in their tubes, pleading to be replaced. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “A what?” my mom sputtered as she snapped a piece of bacon and popped it in her mouth. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Lady Constance was so choked with rage, she could not speak but merely sputtered, Eh-eh-eh-eh. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Tally swallowed some water the wrong way and sputtered. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They laughed together as Reznak sputtered, but the laughter ceased when Brown Ben said, “We caught three Astapori. Your Worship had best hear what they say.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Of . .. course ... I... do ... dear,” she sputtered, and bit down on her lip and hissed as if her words were driven by steam. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The Smokemobile sputtered and fell silent when Dad pulled out the key. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The glass exploded, sparks flew, and the light sputtered out. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The flame of independence was sputtering and expected to burn out any day. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A car sputtered through the intersection ahead, causing them both to jump, but it was only a cab. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z For an instant I stared; then I wheeled and started for the door, hearing him sputter, "Wait, wait," behind me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Something sputtered as it dropped in hot oil. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z His black and gold feathers gleamed in the sputtering light. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Any moment they might hiss a long sputtering hiss and explode. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never heard a sound like the one sputtering through the speakers—a low growl of static pierced by what sounded like a tub of broken glass being tossed around. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As if on cue, a shudder of engine and a sputter of jets leaked from the bathroom. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A whistle blows, a long sustained warning followed by the hissing and sputtering of the engine. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As his beloved Bronchos sputtered and fluttered against the endless siege of that black-shirted machine, all he could do was wait for the debacle to be over. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Bull Number Two turned to face me, fire sputtering from the gash I’d cut in its side. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Mom flicks the key in the ignition, and the car sputters to life with a creaky sound. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He started the engine and shifted smoothly into reverse, rolled out of the driveway, shifted into first, then pulled forward without a sputter. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The lantern flame finally sputtered out, and darkness flooded over me, carrying the sound of rustling and the smell of death. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z For the next hour, aided by the light of the full moon and a sputtering candle Fadi had found in the empty house, they crawled around in the dirt, excavating dozens of shallow holes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z And then, the cash register flashed on, conveyer belt sputtering to life—first one lane, then the next, and the next. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He was kneeling beside the coffee table, and he was gagging and sputtering on a foot-long, purple, slimy thing that was protruding from his mouth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I turn the tap and, after much sputtering and a lot of rust, clear water begins to flow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The torches sputtered and spoke in their sconces on the walls of the corridor. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Occasionally a car sputtered up the hill from downtown and detoured around the sleeping dogs before parking in front of Peerless Painless Dentist, its driver getting out and walking nervously into the office. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Alyce, coughing and sputtering, traded jobs with the man who was lathering their backs. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I lit one, the flame sputtered only once, like a newborn’s first breath, before burning steadily. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The people you’ve just evicted would sputter, “With what right do you throw us out? This is our home. We own it. We have lived here for years. We’re calling the police, you scoundrel.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They took bowls from the kitchen and filled them with as much ice as the refrigerator could give, until it sputtered and whined and groaned. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Shaking his head, sighing and sputtering, the King collapsed onto a throne carved from rock. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I chose the wood for his fire very carefully, the greenest, dampest logs in the entire woodpile, guaranteed to smolder and sputter without giving off any heat and even less light. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the highest spire, the last few flickers of a safety sparkler were sputtering out. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I climbed up the two-step ladder and peered over the edge, while August flipped a switch and an old motor on the floor sputtered and cranked. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The passage became very damp and very cold, and Celaena’s candle sputtered in the moisture. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The torch sputters behind her, casting her face into deep shadow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She coughed and sputtered, struggling to stay afloat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Something sputtered as it dropped in hot oil. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He comes up sputtering and shivering, even though he’s wearing a wet suit and scuba goggles, while Sami dances around him and trash-talks. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z High above I saw the small flame sputter into light. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can have two,” she sputtered, “then have some salad or fruit. If you are hungry after that, you can have more.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z As soon as I let it go, the flames sputtered out. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Dell sputtered: "Well, I didn't—that wasn't what I—" But Mai was already out of her chair and heading for the door. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The engine coughed and sputtered at first, but then, in a sudden roar of effort, turned over. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He was spitting and sputtering, and another monkey, a green bracelet around its arm gleaming in the light, scrambled to it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Her torch sputtered out, leaving her with only the light of her dagger. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Anything you say,” his nubile, effervescent maiden sputtered happily. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It did make some sound, but when he listened he heard only the sputter of the fire and a hound’s far-off barking. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I walked out into the hall just in time to hear my father’s old Chevy Nova sputter loudly to life. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In truth, he had simply allowed himself to get caught engaging in the same talk that Jefferson was conveying to friends and Monroe was sputtering out loud to anyone in Paris who would listen. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Kira, reporting near midday as she had been ordered by the messenger, walked alone down a long hallway lit on either side by sputtering flames from tall sconces fed with oil. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He lets go of my waist and waves his hand in front of his purple face until he stops sputtering. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The winter night blew in with frosty wind, and the street lamps with their sputtering carbons swung restlessly and made the shadows dart back and forth like a runner trying to steal second base. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ahead, Angus Harper appeared to be flying on vapors—barely sputtering, lurching and jerking forward. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z And the match was held to a candle and the candle sputtered to life and Despereaux saw that there was a rope tied around the man’s ankle. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z After a moment the bacon began to flutter and dance in the pan and the sputter of it filled the morning air with its aroma. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “The girl misunderstood us,” the tall one sputtered. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We couldn’t get a fire to do anything but sputter smoke. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The microphone shrieked, then died down with a sputtering noise. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Other things—naked, sputtering, indelible in their horror—are too terrible to really ever grasp at all. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The taxi’s Jade orb winked on, and the motor sputtered to life. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He sputters, reaching up and clawing my forearm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As we approached the cotton field, Papa slowed down and parked our sputtering Carcachita on the roadside, near the cotton trailer. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The city was bursting with sounds; the shouts of vendors rang in my ears mingled with the blare of Hindi music, the sputtering of rickshaws, and the jingling bells of horse-drawn carts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But by now there were a few other people chasing after the sputtering, smoking machine. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, my sweet lord,” I sputtered, choking down a mouthful, “what is this? Fermented motor oil?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Soon I had short bursts of flame sputtering from the chimney. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Without looking up, I knew his eyes would have grown more knowing as I sputtered along filling the spaces with empty pronouncements. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z As the plane taxied toward the operations tower where the family waited, a fuel truck sputtered into life by the hangar and rolled slowly toward the plane. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Jinny sputtered as she turned quickly this way and that, small waves rolling past her, breaking gently against her shoulders. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “No. It’s—I mean—when I say that, I mean we’re equal—” Dad sputtered around it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “You sold her a goldfish, and then,” Ma sputtered, “and then she ran away to change our fortune.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But the year that evHéctor was born their fights grew more frequent and sputtered into our lives like water on a hot skillet. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It landed on the floor a few feet off, where it burned brightly for a moment and then sputtered out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He sputtered out a bit of a laugh. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The sprinkler sputtered in circles out in the garden, leaving glistening drops of water dripping off the okra and settling into little pools inside the yellow flowers of the cucumber plants. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Darkness behind me, darkness ahead, the gas lamps sputtering in their glass cradles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He fought again to free himself from the hungry depths and came up coughing and sputtering. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Despite the sputtering light, it was a dim and smoky place that reeked of bad ale, stale bread, and sour wine. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Before a low and flaring fire, which sputtered in the damp, we ate two small pigeons Bear had managed to snare. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The vehicle began to cough and sputter, shaking under our feet, as its engine found itself miraculously revived after a long sleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Orddu raised a sputtering candle above her head and peered at the companions. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z All these words came sputtering out of her mother’s mouth at once, but Hazel got the drift. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The thought of such a long gap till they might meet again made Liyana’s heart sputter in her throat. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Hamilton reversed the engine and sputtered back to where I could leap aboard, grab the line, and leap back onto the dock, where I looped it around a solid piling head and pulled it snug. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It pops and sputters like my mother’s old car. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared down at the sparking, sputtering arsenal, yelled and belly-flopped to the carpet as rockets whizzed out of the elevator, inches above his head. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z A car door slammed, an engine sputtered up a roar. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The motor started immediately, with a loud, sputtering roar, and I felt like patting it on the hood. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z In that somber house that held four Virgin Marys, where death sighed in every comer and candles sputtered, die gardenia smell and canary-yellow dress emphasized the funeral atmosphere surrounding them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Ungrateful girl!” he sputtered, and I thought for a moment he would strike me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I sputter out, “I’ll talk to you at school,” and hang up. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z A car sputtered through the intersection ahead, causing them both to jump, but it was only a cab. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In the courtyard, the bonfire sputters and sparks in a sudden cloud of black smoke, causing those patrons closest to it to jump back, coughing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The light above the door still sputtered a bit, but barely enough to see by. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She lit the candlewick with a match and watched it sputter and light, then she picked up the black key. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z In fact, the generator sputtered and whined so loudly nobody could hear a word Ray said during the entire proceedings, but that didn’t seem to matter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Stonecrop held the paper out with both hands, mumbled a moment until he found the right place, and then began to sputter as though great Lucifer himself had provoked him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Furious and sputtering, I push my way back to Taryn, who comes forward to grab my hand and squeeze it hard. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They looped around me, sounding like sputtering, single-prop airplanes, before hurrying home. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Fifteen minutes later the roles were reversed, and I was holding the massive arm of one of the Antonelli twins as he sputtered and teared. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Personalizing a submarine that shells your beach every morning by calling it “Oscar” or referring to that one sputtering bomber that flew over Guadalcanal as “Washing Machine Charlie” made them seem less scary. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He sputtered, a sound that verged on laughter, and tipped his head back, gazing at the faded gray sky. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He stopped in the doorway and sputtered, the wiry veins and tendons in his face and neck pulsating violently. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The flame sputtered out in the murky water, and the sewer was thrown into sudden darkness. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z He had no trouble getting sparks, but the tiny bits of hot stone or metal—he couldn’t tell which they were— just sputtered and died. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Martha sputtered and whispered in her ear that she could say no if she wanted to. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn the handle and water sputters out. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then he opened the second jar and rose and carried them back into the kitchen, holding the glass in his other hand with the candle rolling about and sputtering. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z You couldn’t go two blocks without passing one sputtering along in the slow lane. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He called it “a cheese- box. I’ll never buy another Chevy again,” he fumed as the car, loaded with kids, sat in traffic, its engine steaming and sputtering. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As they watched, it sputtered and smoked and then burned steadily, filling the little room with a warm glow. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He was still wondering about that when the tractor sputtered to a stop in the library parking lot, hunkering over three spaces. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Tastes worse than poison,” he sputtered, swallowing it only after I promised to reward him with a cookie. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “The rabble had already been roused before she got there,” Gherland sputtered. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Yes. And how was I supposed to know it would sputter and fly out like that?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The magistrate went under and surfaced seconds later, gasping and sputtering. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z When I put my arm around his shoulder Horse’s lips sputtered and I thought he would bolt. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time I try to talk to my parents or a teacher, I sputter or freeze. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Then I struck the phosphorus match I’d stolen, and dropped it onto him, watching it sputter and flare as it fell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly, a large dump of dirt hit me in the face, exploding into many smaller pieces that filled my eyes and nose, making me cough and sputter. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The man sputtered in shock and outrage, and Pinmei could only stare back. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I leave Katherine sputtering on the boardwalk and make a beeline back to the sheriff’s office. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I coughed and sputtered, and then she made me swish what was left in the glass. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “You are,” she sputtered, “a bad boy. A very bad boy. You cannot join the rest of the class until your mother comes in.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z His truck jerked and sputtered and was generally as noisy as he was. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “My name is Charlie,” I said, and a greasy-haired boy in the front of the class let out a sputtering laugh. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The mysterious newcomer sputtered dirt out of his mouth as he shook his head back and forth, and dirt puffed out of his dark hair like a cloud. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Because he talked about hell,” sputtered Jonas, juice from the plump sausage dribbling down his chin. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His hands holding a pen, spitting whatever was coming from his sputtering mind. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z But the radio inside the police car began to crackle and sputter, as if it had read his mind. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I’m terribly sorry, Pip!” she says, grabbing him by the shoulders and shoving him, sputtering and yelping, toward the door. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It died with a sputter, and they all gathered around the plow-hitch. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Frantically I jerked on the starter cord, and this time the old engine gave an encouraging kick before sputtering out. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It kicked on, sputtered twice, and then settled into a steady hum. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The half-dozen oil lamps around the room sputtered back into life, filling the room with natural light. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Moody sputtered and pulled at Trip’s arm and Trip, finally, let him go and stormed off. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The younger children were rushed from the room, the shades drawn and the flame of the lamp turned so low that it sputtered on the wick like the old man's breathing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The conversation sputtered along in fits and starts; one second everything was good, the next uncomfortable as the past overwhelmed us. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Satisfied with the pile of wood he had gathered, Cole settled in beside the smoky, sputtering flames and gazed out toward the mouth of the bay. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Captain Smith sputters, but no words come to him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He sputtered on his end of the phone, which I interpreted to mean that he did not approve, so I said, “See you at four,” and I hung up. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire sputtered, died down, and then flared up again, larger than ever. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It was monstrous, with two alabaster angels guarding the gate, and a dome-shaped fountain sputtering in the front yard. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I’m still calculating the profit when the outboard starts to sputter. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And the candle was getting shorter and shorter and whatever it was he wished for was not going to come true but just sputter out in the blue icing. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She sputters that letter P all over the place. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The engine sputtered to life, and the squeal of the tires wasn’t far behind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I stand there watching the house as it crackles and sputters, the cool mud under my feet. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Something new, Edna?” exclaimed Miss May- blunt, with lorgnette directed toward a magnificent cluster of diamonds that sparkled, that almost sputtered, in Edna’s hair, just over the center of her forehead. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The helicopter begins to lift and then settles right back down again, the propeller sputtering. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Now, Olive. Quit sputtering. Every pancake has two sides. There’s probably a darn good reason for this.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Then the clock must’ve struck ten because all at once the buzzing generators outside sputtered and died, as did the music from downstairs and the streetlight that had been shining through my window. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Hot tears filled my eyes and my words sputtered out all angry and sad, like water sizzling on a hot tin pan. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Presently Ma Costa had the frying pan going, with a couple of fat eels hissing and sputtering and the kettle on for potato powder. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The entire class—the schoolhouse was full on Saturday mornings—shifted at their desks while the old man sputtered and choked on the day’s lessons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The radio is on, has been on for two days, so Hugo can listen and sputter and shout about the news. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I sputter, not believing what I am hearing. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As we walk the streets I once called home, conversations sputter and die, and eyes cling to my face and body. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “And after we shoot the wild pepperoni,” I sputtered, “we eat it!” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Tiny sputters and coughs a bit and then croaks, "My throat. So raw." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The station wagon sputters as Uhmma presses on the gas pedal. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I sputtered on my last swallow of orange pop. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Ineptly smothering his own sputtering guffaws, Joe frantically thrust up his hands, again wiggling the fingertips for silence. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The little stove was roaring; it was redhot, and the chocolate in the tin sizzled and sputtered. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The Jeep sputtered to life in a series of grinding protests. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The fire crackled and sputtered, but the flame stayed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was beautiful, and also a bit melancholy for me to see the pretty kites sputter to the ground. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She snored, sputtering growls each time she exhaled. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He could fix pretty much any sort of car that sputtered or was dragged by a mule up to his garage door. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He started to sputter out a response, but she held up a finger. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z What a way, he thought, his wrinkled lips flapping as he laughed and sputtered: What a glorious way to go.' The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave it a jerk and the motor sputtered a little, popped once, then died. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Uncle Abdullah sputtered when he saw Papa molding my little fingers around a stick of charcoal. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z As she looked up, the wind whipped a lock of hair into her face and she sputtered, pawing it down again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Every time I got behind the wheel, it jerked and sputtered. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I still have my appendix, and any number of other organs that might burst or sputter in the empty wilds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We tore at the water and sputtered and choked as black swells slapped our faces. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In the distance, the station wagon sputters to life, then fades into the night. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The field was strewn with stricken orcs and men, and a reek arose of torches cast away, sputtering out in swirling smoke. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He brung the pistol down to his side and started up sputtering. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I scraped it against the matchbox and it sputtered into flame. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Creeks where Hassan and I skipped stones all spring turned dry, and rickshaws stirred dust when they sputtered by. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “A good time needn’t involve wine and...and flesh,” Matthias sputtered. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I never...I don’t...really drink,” I sputter. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I heard it sputtering in the gutter-pipes above the window, and splashing on the stones of the terrace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Until recently, I'd scoff and sputter at Trump's idiocy whenever he made blunders like these, but I'm starting to see it as tactical. In the house of alternative facts: How my parents' lies prepared me for post-truth America 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z You hear it when Trump sputters that Clinton “should never have been allowed to run”, making her very presence in the race a violation of the accepted order. Why do we love a trainwreck? 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z The result is a total overhaul, complete with a nifty Act I curtain that forces audiences to spill into the lobby, sputtering, “What should she do now?” In a New Take on ‘Gaslight,’ a Heroine Finds Her Own Way 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The man whose Election Night tour de force of sputtering desperation and disbelief achieved the impossible feat of making Fox News the most satisfying network on the air for an hour or two. Karl Rove is now going after Ashley Judd 2013-02-08T16:40:00Z He pratfalls down the stairs, loses his account, is degraded by his hypocritical father-in-law and is otherwise unmasked as the sputtering impotent cretin we know and somehow love to hate. ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: With a Merger, the Show Rights Itself 2013-05-06T20:15:38Z Frank Rich, then the chief drama critic for The New York Times, likened the performance to “a dying volcano, in final, sputtering eruption.” Charles Durning, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 89 2012-12-25T09:19:03Z In “See What She Seeing,” a song about joyful infatuation, the percussion sputtered fitfully instead of providing a beat, while keyboard and guitar effects made chords waver in pitch instead of providing a dependable backdrop. Music Review: David Longstreth’s Dirty Projectors Do ‘Swing Lo Magellan’ 2012-07-10T22:16:36Z As Jack sputters his rage about the digital culture, his millennial-ish co-workers embrace it with a single-mindedness and an ignorance that are a disservice to those actually in this age bracket. Review: In ‘The Great Indoors,’ Laughs at Everyone’s Expense 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z He shifted from droning chords that suggested timeless Asian music to bursts of manic, sputtered tones that sounded especially fearsome when he plunged into the bleating depths of his instrument. Review: Susanna Malkki Returns to the New York Philharmonic 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Benioff tossed into the furnace fueling the narrative train sputtering through “Beyond the Wall,” season 7’s penultimate episode. “Game of Thrones” recap: “Beyond the Wall,” an adventure into thin air 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z As for those lesser lights — the politicians and critics and fellow artists who sputter in her orbit — there is much to be said for their points of view. Review: ‘Scenes From an Execution’ Features Jan Maxwell as a Difficult Artist 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z The movie’s giddy first half zips along more smoothly than the second, which sputters when the story takes a short, awkwardly managed detour into tragedy. Review: ‘Trainwreck’ Delivers the Full Amy Schumer Experience 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z In six months, Donald Trump has gone from a sputtering brat and a punch line on the fringes of the American political scene to a legitimate contender for our highest office. I used to laugh off Donald Trump: As a Muslim, a U.S. citizen and a veteran, I’m not laughing anymore 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Chaotic weather is evoked through music that sputters, growls and tosses phrases into fits. Music Review: ‘The Baroque Vanguard,’ at the Miller Theater 2013-04-30T20:55:35Z We see him in his most raw and confused state, naïve and sputtering, and we see him later delivering a TED Talk-like spiel. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z There was an overwhelming odor of mildew, made worse by a sputtering and ineffectual air-conditioning system. Personal Journeys: With Vacation Rentals, a Little Family Drama 2012-08-03T16:56:06Z When the hosts become self-aware, they fall into a state of existential despair so profound that many of them, like Bernard, glitch and sputter like an appliance on the fritz. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 9: You Broke My Mind 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z In her playful “Its Motion Keeps,” with words from a traditional hymn, the chorus sputters short phrases, building to the line “Time, like the tide, its motion keeps.” Bryce Dessner Debuts 'Black Mountain Songs' at BAM 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z “I read your latest article,” people would tell me at synagogue, at a dinner, and then squirm in discomfort, sputtering, unable to explain what it was exactly that bothered them. Confessions of a rabbi’s wife: “I wanted to hide behind a husband and a wig” 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z Pieta Brown — the daughter of the longtime Iowan folk songwriter Greg Brown — sings about love and trust over the producer JT Bates’s edgeless electronic chords and sputtering 6/4 beats. Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ Outtake, and 8 More New Songs 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z As the meat sputters over the heat, the air is perfumed with garlic and chilies: Seoul in a snapshot. The search for America’s best food cities: Washington, D.C. 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z At this point, he is sort of sputtering. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3, Episode 7: Jimmy Goes Backward 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Throughout the tragicomic solo “Monologue,” a trumpeter literally disassembles the horn, producing a litany of hisses, sputters and rattles. Sharing an Intimate Musical Vision 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z “Folks, I have been waiting 25 years to say this: Welcome to Twin Peaks,” he sputtered, his incantation uncannily like that of the dozy Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Deputy. Coffee, pie and nudity: “Twin Peaks” comes to life in New York 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Afterward, as you stroll home, you can still hear the sound of distant roosters and old, sputtering pick-up trucks blaring scratchy ranchero music. T Magazine: Lost in Paradise 2014-05-08T13:00:10Z Then Kavanaugh starts to sputter, having repeated the same line too many times: “ I just want a fair process where I can be heard, defend my integrity, defend the . . . integrity of . . . my family, um…” Brett Kavanaugh on Fox News Channel’s “The Real Story”: “I’m the one telling the truth” 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Both wives earned big laughs by repeatedly sputtering their denials; both husbands got full reality checks from the panel. Seinfeld's "Marriage Ref" worth a few giggles 2010-03-03T08:07:00Z The vegan meat started off promising, sizzling and sputtering just like beef. How to Cook With Plant-Based Meats 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z That ecstatic transition from an open-mouthed, Munch-like suspended scream to a wide grateful grin at the reappearance of a lost doc, a sputtering reboot. I dread the spinning beachball of doom – but sometimes it ends in an air punch | Hannah Jane Parkinson 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Before I could sputter too much, he announced, “You owe me money.” Charles Bowden: Tom Zoellner and Luis Urrea pay tribute 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z He verbally sputtered the jagged rhythms of the third movement, calling it a “diabolical march” that avoids settling into any steady pulse. Review: Chamber Music Society Performs Ligeti’s Trio 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z The book ends abruptly, with sputtering reunion attempts and amiable charity gigs. Review | Was Led Zeppelin the best or the worst of rock-and-roll? A new book will help you decide. 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The play seems to conclude at least three times before it sputters to a woozy, nonsensical halt, the stage covered in blood, a small octopus dead on the floor. Review: ‘Revenge of the Popinjay’ at Dixon Place 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Alex is an actor whose career just sputtered until it stalled. “Your dream is to go to Barnes and Noble?”: Why HBO’s “Togetherness” is TV’s most honest version of adulthood 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Foreign audiences picked up the slack as domestic attendance sputtered in 2017. Box Office: 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Holds Off 'Jumanji' on New Year 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Occasionally, his monologues break down into episodes of grunting and sputtering, judders and twitches overtaking his compact frame. Michelle Ellsworth and Jeremy Wade at American Realness 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Even the weirdly reliable subgenre of films about dogs sputtered with both A Dog’s Journey and The Art of Racing in the Rain struggling to make it to $25m a piece. Summer box office 2019: what are the major lessons of the season? 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z He sputtered at me and started talking about someone named “Mee-nu.” Your wife is the worst 2012-10-26T23:30:00Z Reviewing the St. Louis premiere for The Times, Anthony Tommasini wrote, “Restless vocal lines shift from plaintive lyrical phrases, to sputtered outbursts, to a style that seems a jazz equivalent of Italianate arioso.” A Black Composer Finally Arrives at the Metropolitan Opera 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z One intended location, in the historic Victoria Theater, sputtered when the redevelopment plan stalled. The National Jazz Museum in Harlem Finds a Permanent Home 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Brown’s binge during the party begins with wide-eyed excitement, but sputters to a close when he’s a heavy-lidded, barely coherent mess. Review: ‘The Seventh Fire’ Explores Drug Abuse on an Indian Reservation 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Swept up, almost in a seizure, with the significance of greeting Communist China on its own turf, Nixon sputters the words “News has a kind of mystery.” Music Review: President and Opera, on Unexpected Stages 2011-02-03T17:34:09Z How, for just one example, can Stewart turn his back on such a bountiful, irresistible clown car full of GOP presidential hopefuls sputtering down the road to 2016? Can we go on without Jon Stewart? Of course we can. He’s shown us how. 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z In “Flash Burns From Flashbacks,” over a sputtering stop-start beat and guitars running backward, Bixler-Zavala sings, “Push the hoax, drill the script/teleprompter or polygraph?” The Mars Volta Returns With a Swerve: Its Own Version of Pop 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The New Museum is alive with the sound of music, as well as talking, chanting, spitting, electronic tics and sputters and, occasionally, the tinkling of 47 small bronze bells. Aural Installations Take Over New Museum 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Mr. McCall refers to them as “clustered moments or sputtering pieces of time.” Paul Graham and Seizing the Everyday Moments 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z In 2014 traditional cabaret continued to sputter along at the New York Cabaret Convention, which celebrated its 25th year in October with four marathon concerts in Rose Hall at Jazz in Lincoln Center. Even With 54 Below and Joe’s Pub, Cabaret’s Future Is Unclear 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z The D’Oyly Carte folded in 1982; though it later had a sputtering revival, it now appears dormant. John Reed, Master of Gilbert and Sullivan?s Patter Songs, Dies at 94 2010-02-28T04:19:00Z They sputtered in haste to explain this plot twist in what had been a relatively stable narrative. A frat boy’s “gay experience” 2014-04-21T00:00:00Z Mark Guiliana’s drumbeat, when it arrives, is a matter of sputtering off-beats and silences, while Mr. Bowie intones lyrics about “the day of execution.” Review: ‘Blackstar,’ David Bowie’s Emotive and Cryptic New Album 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z They were soon dating, but their relationship began to sputter. 10 Engaging Proposals, From the Rooftop to the Subway 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z And Mr. Hall’s reverential adaptation cherishes the original screenplay’s sputtering, didactic spiels. Review: An Electrifying Bryan Cranston Is All the Rage in ‘Network’ 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Carrey may have created the best PG-movie villain in decades: a perfectly calibrated comedy machine whose preening, glowering and frustrated sputtering somehow still seem spur of the moment. ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ Review: Keep Up! Bada-Brrring! 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The country in that contentious period was no doubt full of Mugginses sputtering incoherent rage. ‘Lincoln Speaks: Words That Transformed a Nation’ at Morgan Library 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z But as the possibilities for superhero films expanded, led by Marvel’s “Guardians,” ”Shazam!” found its way through just as DC’s Superman and Batman revivals were sputtering. Nodding to ‘Big,’ ‘Shazam!’ brings the superhero down a size 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Sometimes the choirs speak and sputter the lines; sometimes the music breaks into free-for-all bouts of hysteria. Review: Trinity Wall Street and Julian Wachner Play Carnegie Hall 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z His recent poems are just rip-offs of cryptic announcements sputtering from his radio. Recordings: A New Recording of Philip Glass?s Opera ?Orph?e? 2010-08-01T02:00:00Z Over breakfast this morning, she sputtered through tears: I am not letting her grow up! Motherlode Blog: Letting a Daughter with Development Disorders Grow Up 2012-07-24T11:00:59Z Playing “El Sinaloense,” a Mexican brass band standard, the group sputtered and blared, rolling hard with tumbling polyrhythm, filling the room with sound. Review: Banda de los Muertos Brings the Party for Its Album Debut 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z But for all its boisterous profanity and splattery violence, the film is more of a weary sigh than a sputtering volley of indignation. | 'Red State': Kevin Smith?s ?Red State? - Review 2011-09-23T04:03:27Z One of America’s finest non-fiction writers, a son of Detroit, offers a lively and meticulously researched account of how the city, once the engine room of America, began sputtering. Shelf life 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The music is suddenly exuberant and crazed, with spiraling riffs and cyclic instrumental figures, and manic bursts of syllables and sputtering from the chorus. Music Review: ‘Einstein on the Beach,’ at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2012-09-16T22:03:03Z In a whipping wind, we looked down about 20 stories into an entrancingly beautiful cauldron of rising steam and sputtering lava. Peering Into Volcanoes at Tanzania’s Crater Highlands 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, not even Khaled could offer them, and the camera sputtered for about 15 seconds before he told the audience that “love is the key.” MTV's TRL reboot: music videos are gone but somehow it's the same old song 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z But as Columbia Records urged her to move away from jazz-infused pop music, her popularity began to decline and her record sales sputtered. Happy Birthday Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul Turns 70 2012-03-24T10:45:46Z It’s the saving grace of his performance -- a sputtering fuse that finally takes fire. A compelling experiment in 'Boxes' by Theatre West 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Sheen sputtered to a camera crew from the celebrity site TMZ. Charlie Sheen rips Chuck Lorre, calls 'Men' finale 'stupid,' 'immature' 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z With the economy still sputtering, they may be the only huge checks you’ll see this year. Trading Up: Restaurant Shirts Gain Admission 2011-06-15T22:19:18Z The album’s primary emotion at times is a blinding, sputtering fury. It Took Trump to Make Superchunk Go Political 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Nat King Cole sang a popular tune about getting one’s kicks on Route 66, but the archetypal highway sputtered to a crawl decades ago with the advent of the Interstate System. Hotel Review: El Rey Court, Santa Fe 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z His work juxtaposes seemingly simple bodywork with unlikely audio sources, including construction noise, melancholic prayer or even the clink and sputter of Julia Child cooking asparagus in his 1966 piece "Bang Bang." At 85, choreographer Rudy Perez is still inspired by the rhythms of everyday life 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z There are reports on the New England boxing circuit suggesting that his interest in boxing sputtered into this year before it died. Boxer who fought Tsarnaev: “Wish I’d known he was evil” 2013-04-23T23:41:00Z But his next two films, “Memoirs of a Geisha” and “Nine,” were kicked in the teeth by critics and sputtered at the multiplex. Arts & Leisure: New Captain for a Series Becalmed 2011-05-11T16:45:46Z I thumb through the pages for the details until another video sputters on the screen. Net neutrality, sex, falconry: In one week, I crashed as many D.C. conferences as possible. 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, Baldwin deleted the entire sputtering mess soon after. 2013: The worst tweets of the year 2013-12-27T15:30:00Z Once oil begins to shimmer, add black mustard seeds and cook until they start to pop and sputter, which should be within seconds. Chhonk, the Indian Spice Infusion That Enlivens Most Anything 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Eurydice doesn’t see Orpheus’s double, but panicky outbursts in the orchestra and her sputtered vocal lines suggest that she senses him. Review: ‘Eurydice,’ a New Opera, Looks Back All Too Tamely 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z And in “The War Is Over,” a sputtering march beat and ghostly organ tones enfold a tale of crumbling defenses: “You can build your walls/Love will tear it down,” Shultz moans. Cage the Elephant Returns, Suspended Between Rowdiness and Regret 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Once he sputters into motion, like an engine revving up the piece, motion never ceases until the end, when he finds himself alone again. Dance Review: Ballet Hispanic Performs Gustavo Ramírez Sansano at Joyce 2014-04-16T21:16:33Z Trump sputtered that the final few questions were much more challenging. Chris Wallace is uniquely qualified to interview Trump — and uniquely independent at Fox News 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z An old woman sold me a ticket for a ferry that sputtered across a small channel and dropped me on Ilha da Tavira, a long, slender island. The Other Algarve 2013-07-19T16:35:02Z “I begged them, ‘Can’t I have a final cough and sputter?’ ‘Game of Thrones’ Deaths: Every Major One So Far 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Whole stretches crackle with sputtering rhythms and skittish riffs. A Soldier’s Racially Charged Suicide Becomes a Powerful Opera 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z What is said and what is relayed deviate further and further until maybe-but-probably-not-Abulkasem’s nonsensical sputtering of Abba song titles is interpreted as “My goal — to murder as many defenseless Jews as possible.” Jonas Hassen Khemiri, the Playwright Behind ?Invasion!? 2011-09-09T07:30:35Z They brawl over whose turn it is to use the computer as the dial-up modem sputters to life, one of many amusing ’90s-era details. Review | In ‘High School,’ Tegan and Sara Quin reflect on coming out and hitting it big 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z A doctoral thesis could be written on how this misfire sputtered into existence, though there’s nothing new about the movies’ energetic embrace of bad taste. ‘Cats’ Review: They Dance, They Sing, They Lick Their Digital Fur 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z “But I’m a nice guy!” he will sputter, caught in the act. Carey Mulligan Won’t Let Hollywood Off the Hook 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z That latest effort by Will Smith sputtered with about $7 million in ticket sales, a career low for Mr. Smith, according to comScore, which compiles box office data. No Surprise: ‘Rogue One’ Triumphs at Box Office 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z The viola and orchestra trade bursts of perpetual-motion riffs and phrases, in music percolating with sputtering rhythms and skittish lines. New York Philharmonic’s Next Leader Gives a Taste of Things to Come 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Momentum sputtered until a few years ago when emerging and established artists started taking Mr. Ross’s work more seriously. Bob Ross Fans Seek Some Happy Little Appreciation for Their Muse 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The lampoon sputters in the final stretch, but before it’s out of gas we’re treated to a gleefully mean-spirited critic who belts “I Hate Musicals.” ‘Ruthless!’ sings but ‘Zombie Prom’ is D.O.A. 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands fled, desperately trying to secure seats in small, overcrowded boats that sputtered away from the Turkish mainland. A Tragedy Unfolds on Lesvos 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Once the oil starts to sputter, add the shrimp and stir-fry for about 1 minute, until the shrimp start to turn pink and get a bit crisped on some edges. This shrimp stir-fry’s secret ingredient is ubiquitous 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z She was indifferent to fame, and her career sputtered because of a combination of hard luck and self-sabotage. Karen Dalton, a Musical Mystery That Doesn’t Need to Be Solved 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The liquid, and then the fruit, escaped the confines of the dough pocket and seeped into the oil, spattering and sputtering. These cherry pies are buttery, crispy and tart — and they fit in the palm of your hand 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Because after the tweet, work on the album sputtered. Perspective | Liz Phair is back, and she’s setting the record — and the record business — straight 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z In a medium saucepan, combine the brown and granulated sugars, pumpkin purée, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the mixture bubbles and sputters. Timeless pumpkin chocolate tart with cinnamon whipped cream 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Othello appears, furious, and puts Cassio—sputtering, pitiful—on speedy public trial. Monica Lewinsky and the Shame Game 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z While some of us sputter in shyness, the well-spoken are infinitely more appealing as they bat bons mots back and forth. | 'Engaging Shaw': A Writer Woos With Wit at Abingdon Theater 2010-04-26T22:21:00Z Mr. Scrimshaw plays Caleb, the doomed middle child of this movie’s exiled family, and, in his final scene, all he does is lie there and sputter. The Best Performances of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z As the great and powerful Oz sputtered in desperation when his charade was exposed: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain — or perhaps behind the quilt. National Museum of African Art hurts itself with show from Bill Cosby art collection 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z A correspondence that spans years might have its intermittent sputters, but it finally ends for a reason, and often — as with nearly all of the pairs mentioned here — that reason is someone’s death or debility. The Drama of Letters, Swirling With Suspense 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Stephen Colbert sputtered alongside recently as the justice, wearing a T-shirt that read “Super Diva!” silently went through her routine. Ninja Supreme Court Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Fun With Fame 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z This commissioned work, written to mark the 100th anniversary of World War I, begins as sputtered fragments and disjointed bits that slowly cohere and gain thrust. Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra Delivers Electric ‘Elektra’ 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z The massively popular eighth episode in the Fast and Furious franchise earned $19.4 million this weekend from 4,077 locations, placing it securely in first place during a sputtering weekend, anticipating the summer season. 'Latin Lover' Tops 'The Circle,' 'Fate of the Furious' Rides to Third Straight No. 1 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z “What . . . What are you doing here?” sputters Philip to Stan, as if they’d all conveniently bumped into one another running errands. “The Americans” Finale Was Elegant, Potent, and Unforgettable 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Then, at the bridge, she skips up an octave, sputtering out bleats of ecstasy, before retreating back under the covers. Taylor Swift's '1989': New Album Review 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Growing up in Pittsburgh, he adored “Oliver!” and “The Sound of Music”—this was the last gasp of the “event musical” era, before the studio system sputtered out, in the seventies. How Rob Marshall Made Mary Poppins Sing Again 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Ratking — two rappers and two electronics players — delivered its rhymes in an nearly impenetrable fog of crackly, sputtering noise. Critic’s Notebook: Cacophonous Declarations of Independents 2012-10-22T03:57:17Z How much will he acknowledge his sputter of an evening? Tony Awards 2015: Six story lines to watch 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z It reads: “We lit the fuse of revolution. Now we decide if it sputters and dies, or truly ignites.” Mr Robot: what we know about season two 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z So I ripped the cord and got about eight feet, merrily sputtering along when the neighbor’s van came inching out of his circular driveway, with him flaunting a slight wave. He liked to mow his own lawn. Until the ‘helpful’ neighbor came along “I think I’m going to throw up,” he sputtered. Caleb Landry Jones Can Do This 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z There's a full tank of clichés for the mismatched-strangers road movie "Cas & Dylan," the feature directing debut of Jason Priestley, and the sputtering is cacophonous even with two gifted actors leading the way. 'Cas & Dylan' is terminal despite great practitioners of acting 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z This year is off to a sputtering start, with 2011 North American ticket sales down 18 percent from the same time last year, at $2.7 billion. 'Thor' thunders into superhero movie summer 2011-05-03T17:36:52Z Hugh Grant, one-half of a recently separated New York power couple, sputters an excuse for his infidelity to his estranged wife. 2009-12-18T01:18:00Z The outbreak moved across the United States, reaching toward 6 million cases and 180,000 confirmed deaths as August sputters to a close, according to a New York Times database. How Summer Festivals Persevered in the Pandemic 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Finally, the whole orchestra joined in, playing sputtering rhythms, tart harmonies and thematic fragments that coalesced into melodic lines. Wine Bottles, Twigs and Trash Cans Join the Mostly Mozart Orchestra 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Limit to Your Love promptly sputtered into life before fizzling out again: it spent a week in the charts at No 39. James Blake: James Blake - review 2011-02-03T15:30:00Z “And our lives are as meaningless as a single, lonely letter, an s with just a hiss that meant nothing, a p sputtered, a t of staccato disapproval.” In Love With Language, but Not Necessarily With Each Other 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Sunk into the faux-leather chairs of a government screening theater, they face off against a sputtering film projector that bathes them in the dim reality of their own fallen nation. Myanmar comedy shows struggle for national image 2012-05-01T13:39:08Z But they also harnessed the dynamics of electronic dance music, with drumbeats sputtering into double time and choruses that exploded into his howl. South by Southwest Music Festival: 17 Acts That Stood Out 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z We pushed and pulled and lugged our oppressive, gear-laden bikes over nearly every inch of ground, cursing and sputtering. This North Dakota Bike Trail Is Stunning. Just Hope You Survive It. 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Just as suddenly the music cut off and the performers exited — a fitting finish for a sputtering show. Dance Review: Leesaar the Company at Montclair State University 2012-04-01T18:49:36Z When zombies — spawned by an experiment gone wrong at a nearby American military outpost — descend on the koalas and the sheep and the kids, Dave, who tagged along as a chaperone, initially sputters. ‘Little Monsters’ Review: Zombies Hunger Down Under 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z But happily its centrality to the narrative pushes Giamatti to new heights of acting excess, as he sputters in anger at his own futility. Review: 'Billions' Is Bullish on Drama, Bearish on Insight 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Another was a near riot of sputtered phrases that culminated in a stretch of frenetic clapping. ‘The Public Domain’: Cherished Harmony in a Splintered Nation 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Yoga and her sputtering uncertainty receive the same amount of love as a woman who has been left in the dust by her husband during pregnancy. Heather Havrilesky’s “Existential” Advice 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z But the sounds heard are mostly those of objects, of giant tarpaulins being winched taut or slackened, of bowls bowed or tapped, of sputtering cranks turned by hand. Review: Ashley Fure Highlighted in a Composer Portrait at Columbia 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The title seems to promise an explosion of rage, but for most of the film Chandra smolders and sputters. ‘Fire in the Mountains’ Review: The Mother of All Struggles 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z He sputtered that "my microphone is broken," and pointing to his opponent, insisted, "She broke it with Obama." Alec Baldwin is winning in new 'SNL' role as Donald Trump 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z And so it went until 1972, when the surveillance sputtered to its conclusion. Arnold Mesches, Artist Who Was Recorded by the F.B.I., Dies at 93 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z It sputtered along while Instagram — which is free and doesn’t allow full nudity — took off. They Fixed Pornography 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z As this sputters away, not quite comprehensibly, the two participants move at speed from tableau to tableau, assuming attitudes of repose and guardianship. Resolution! – review 2013-01-20T00:06:33Z The tunes ranged from shadowy harmonic movement to sputtering free improvisations. David Murray: A jazz innovator leads from the center to the edge 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Assured, handsome and crisp-spoken, Mr. Noah was a smoother presenter than Mr. Stewart, who made an art form of sputtering and exasperated facepalming. Review: Trevor Noah Keeps ‘Daily Show’ DNA in Debut 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z His details—a sputtering Coleman lantern, a boot full of rocks—hold grief and desire and the unceasing mystery of being a person and wondering, always wondering. Instead of Sobbing, You Write Sentences: An Interview with Charles D'Ambrosio 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z At the contract signing, however, Walter insists on shaking hands with Nathaniel, who instantly sputters into a full-blown panic attack, spilling tea on Walter’s expensive boots and humiliating himself with incoherent muttering. Amy Brenneman as a damsel in distress? 'Rules of Seconds' has some surprises up its sleeve 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z But when such lines are delivered with the sputtering frenzy that accompanies them here, they come to seem less like a reflection of the unspeakable than a by-product of uncontrolled rage. Review: ‘Blackbird’: The Past Returns, Taunting 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Suddenly, there is a screech as a grainy image of the dressing room sputters into life on the screen at the back of the stage. Tinie Tempah ? review 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z With the music oozing and sputtering around him, Mr. Yorke’s spectral voice offers lyrics about being lost, alone, beleaguered, bereft. Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Releases a Surprise Album 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z When Smith veers away from the main story with chapters like “A Brief History of Bank Robbery in America,” the narrative sputters. Serial Killers, Bank Robbers and H.M.S. Bounty Mutineers 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z “Small Craft Warnings,” set in a dingy bar near San Diego, gathers an almost O’Neillian cast of drifters for an evening of sputtering emotion and forced conviviality. Theater: New Light, Long After His Sun Set 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z After sunset, it sputtered and hissed a gloomy yellow light that illuminated our poverty. The coalition's attacks on the NHS will return us to the age of the workhouse 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Sleek as a bullet, the action star Jason Statham jaw-clenches his way through “The Mechanic,” a sputtering remake in need of a more powerful recharge. | 'The Mechanic': Hit Man Is Back, Teaching the Tricks of the Trade 2011-01-27T21:49:41Z “It’s just…how you said it,” they sputter. Confessions of a rabbi’s wife: “I wanted to hide behind a husband and a wig” 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z He pratfalls down the stairs, loses his account, is degraded by his hypocritical father-in-law, and is otherwise unmasked as the sputtering impotent cretin we know and somehow love to hate. ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: A Merger, and the Show Rights Itself 2013-05-06T14:00:50Z The opening of the movement — with intense, barely contained tremolos in the strings and sputtered stirrings that slowly coalesce into a driving theme — recalled the stormy opening of Wagner’s “Walküre.” Music Review: Michael Tilson Thomas Opens Tanglewood 2010-07-11T22:38:00Z Odd, lumpy electronic sputters rattle what could be smooth rhythm-and-blues in “Go Ahead.” Perfume Genius Grows Brasher and More Introspective on ‘No Shape’ 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z At the start are sputtering bows and glissando slides over a droning foundation that is occasionally built out into briefly sustained, then shifting chords. Review: The Danish String Quartet Spins Through Schubert 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z That sputtering may reflect the limits of a small gene pool. Review: ‘Russian Modernism’ at Neue Galerie, Figurative Focus With Amorphous Results 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z His last musical there, “Bring It On,” sputtered to an early close in December, and the next one, “Bullets Over Broadway,” won’t be ready until April 2014. Broadway Vacancies Contribute to Lower Attendance 2013-06-07T22:02:58Z After the opening “Scene Zero,” in which we hear Mr. Turnage’s breathless “three-bar overture,” as the librettist dubs its, the chorus of reporters introduce the story by singing sputtered vocal lines in crunchy block chords. Opera Review: ?Anna Nicole? Reimagined at Covent Garden 2011-02-18T04:59:19Z Or what about the unjustly spurned Super-8 gems sputtering from the Mongol cinema? Paper Gallery: Art Books on Winslow Homer, Mati Klarwein and Gustav Klimt 2013-01-17T22:01:35Z And in “Monsters,” a reverberating ballad with a sputtering double time undercurrent, he’s trying to reassure a child — or possibly himself — that the “monsters in your head” aren’t real. Dave Matthews Band’s Grown-Up View of Love and Dread 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z For a scene in which Pacino exits a car and enters a house, the actor initially performed it so hunched over that an exasperated Scorsese turned to Tacon and sputtered, “I mean, with Al?” On ‘Irishman,’ teaching De Niro and Pacino to act younger 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Shortly after, the pandemic brought the hospitality industry to a sputtering standstill. The Resilient Spirit of Basque Country Extends to Its Restaurants 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Soon, the cello declares battle on the orchestra, breaking into raucous, vehement bursts of sputtering, manic phrases. New Concerto, New Leader: A Big Day at the New York Philharmonic 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The vocal lines are direct and austere; the piano teems with rustling figurations and sputtering chords. Music Review: Festival of Song Offers ?Newest Deal? at Merkin Hall 2010-05-05T22:38:00Z It’s just the thing to jump-start your engine as it sputters and stalls around 5 p.m., when those first thoughts of dinner hit and you realize you need to get something on the table soon. A healthful one-pot meal that will keep you from unraveling at rush hour 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The second room was significantly more macabre: not only was there more frequent banging, but also drills suspended from the ceiling and sputtering on their own. ‘Not Much Scares Me.’ Then She Entered the Haunted House. 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Over the next 10 years, various vehicles to establish Chan in the US sputtered while his career in Asia zoomed ahead. Jackie Chan: ‘I hate violence’ 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z If “Become Ocean” tries to lull you into a reflective state, “Deserts” tries to rile you up with gritty blasts of dissonance, spare motifs and sputtering rhythmic figures. Music Review: Seattle Symphony Explores Nature at Spring for Music 2014-05-07T21:12:37Z Bass lines lope and skulk, the drums sputter with offbeats, and rhythm guitar and keyboards share a flippant, cackling cross talk, like wiseguys in the back of a high school classroom. New Music: Dumpstaphunk, Five Finger Death Punch and Ben Monder 2013-07-29T22:08:11Z The East Village has been a walking graveyard for years now, sputtering along as a cover-band version of itself. The East Village Loses the Angelica Kitchen, Another Place for the Young, Hungry, and Weird 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z In high school, we were gripped by envy for those lucky Pleasant Valley kids, driving their sputtering mopeds to each other's makeout parties in the basements. Help! We're trapped by "Lost"! 2010-05-08T23:01:00Z But as the wheels of change sputter and creak in Hollywood, he believes his prospects in the realm of spandex suits and mechanical shapeshifters aren’t exactly manifold. Kumail Nanjiani is the Romantic Comedian We've Been Waiting For 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z When a finished version of the track was played for executives at Mr. Hancock’s label, Columbia, it met with sputtering disbelief. Two Turntables and a Keytar: The Night Herbie Hancock Rocked the Grammys 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The first movement of the Symphonie Concertante begins with ominous, sputtering tones in the basses and timpani and misty sustained chords, over which a deceptively breezy melody is played on the piano. Music Review: Philadelphia Orchestra Plays Carnegie Hall 2010-04-14T21:59:00Z Many seasons of reality TV can tend to slightly sputter towards the end — and this is not exclusively a "Top Chef" issue — with the competitors generally experiencing fatigue as the competition comes to a close. "Top Chef: World All Stars" aims to "deceive the eye" — but the runaway top contender is 100% clear 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Or jokes about how Martin Short “is at the sputtering end of a legendary career.” Q&A: Jane Lynch, ‘Hollywood Game Night’ 2014-01-31T23:48:54Z Yet his tools for doing so are limited to whines, sputters, stutters and very occasionally shouts, which come as a relief. Review: In David Mamet’s ‘China Doll,’ Al Pacino as an Urban Warrior in Winter 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z “Away,” sputtered the startled Neanderdad, trying to slow his racing heart. Motherlode: A Weekend Alone, With Children 2011-06-14T15:35:22Z And the movie doesn't end as much as slowly sputter to a halt, like a car engine breathing its last. 'Cars 2': Technically dazzling sequel runs out of (laughing) gas 2011-06-23T19:38:04Z Instead, they gently prompt characters, whose spoken language sputters and subsides, to express themselves lyrically and with feeling. Times Writers Share Last Chance Theater Picks 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z He arrives in a hilariously sputtering tizzy that re-energizes this production just enough to get it to the finish line without taxing your patience. | 'Three Men on a Horse': Another Outing for This Gambling Tale? What Are the Odds? 2011-04-03T21:14:06Z Trump quickly became known for his role as the ringleader of chaos, staying calm and rational while the contestants striving to be hired sputtered around him. How 'The Apprentice' Shaped Donald Trump's Presidential Campaign 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Yet when he’s thwarted, he develops a Hitlerian sputter. Review: Shakespeare’s Take on the Game of Thrones 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z As the hosts sputtered, he elaborated: “In the old days, they wouldn’t put sleepy Joe Biden on every time he opened his mouth. . . . It’s a much different operation — I’m just telling you.” The long love affair between Fox News and Trump may be over. Here’s how it all soured last week. 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z As the members’ romantic relationships sparked and sputtered, their peculiar alchemy and soap-operatic personal lives fueled a stretch of timeless rock albums. Lindsey Buckingham Has Survived It All 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z While All The Way may sound like history class, even non-wonks would enjoy seeing Cranston sputter and bray his way to political domination. Bryan Cranston Talks About His Latest Role 2013-09-30T00:28:15Z “It just seems to be quite an easy bet,” Mr. Korvette sputters. The Playlist: Nicki Minaj Flips Mannequins Into Barbies 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z The butter may start to sputter, which results as the water cooks off and the butter pops — so take cover! Brown butter is liquid gold — here's how to make the most of it 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z In his loose-in-the-seat blue jeans and rumpled, pin-striped blazer, Keillor appears supremely relaxed, tapping his foot and harmonizing with the gals, all while flipping through script pages and sputtering sound effects. Garrison Keillor reflects at the Hollywood Bowl, rehearsing for final show: 'I just want it to be good' 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z When too many rookie novels sputter and sag with automatic observations and secondhand responses, “Trenton Makes” boasts the force of real freshness. Step 1: Kill Husband. Step 2: Assume His Identity. 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Saturated with sampled timbres and driven by sputtering hip-hop break beats, Mr. Marks’s music is bright and sentimental, at times even cloying in a manner meant to evoke anodyne commercial Christian pop. Music Review: Boy Meets Girl in Matt Marks?s ?Little Death, Vol. 1? 2010-07-09T20:31:00Z Addressing a closeted lover in “Georgie Pie,” Mr. Haggerty asked: “Would your Adam’s apple flutter,/Would both knees turn to butter,/Would you sputter, would you mutter and deny?” Patrick Haggerty, ‘Lost Pioneer’ of Gay Country Music, Dies at 78 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z It isn’t a flow so much as a sputter, and whenever they shut their mouths, the resulting pockets of dead air come alive with anticipation, anxiety, optimism and lust — sometimes all at once. Migos-mania: How the Atlanta rap trio mastered the sound of silence 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Also great: how the sloppy beatboxing sputters human warmth in an otherwise smooth but hostile environment. Friday Favorites: 10.4 Rog, Tay Sean, Lil B 2010-09-17T22:16:00Z But if the economy sputters and people aren’t willing to pay the prices airlines are charging now for late-December travel, fares may actually decline as we get deeper into the fall. Practical Traveler: Playing the Holiday Fare Game 2010-09-28T17:58:00Z The soprano must deliver the text in fits and starts, with sputtered outbursts and long, achingly intense melodic spans. Music Review: Pierre Boulez Conducts Met Orchestra at Carnegie 2010-05-17T22:00:00Z He keeps the tale on a steady simmer right through to the closing moments, when it spits and sputters into melodrama. Shell – review 2013-03-14T22:50:01Z The performance over all lacks vitality, with the sputtering, brooding Faulkland the only character who seems flesh and blood. Review: Chasing ‘The Rivals’ on a Summer Evening 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z The hectic, brutal intensity that drives the first part of the movie, before Alexia becomes Adrien, dissipates in the middle, as the narrative engine sputters. ‘Titane’ Review: Auto Erotic 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The farce is never funnier than when the characters get caught in the confusion and sputter, because what else can they do? Review | A Greek-set ‘Comedy of Errors’ adds songs to the slapstick 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z “A Lack of Dreams” and “Fireflies,” two of the sprightlier tunes, deploy these effects as an undercarriage chug, like the sputter of a troubled engine. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z But the juggernaut last year sputtered in the wake of slower economic growth and the trade war with the United States. Impact of the Coronavirus Ripples Across Asia: ‘It Has Been Quiet, Like a Cemetery’ 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Pensotti, however, would rather his stories sputter and spin than straightforwardly unfold. 'Cineastas' captures moviemaking endeavors in progress 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z He’s bright and, between his teenage dialect of sputters, mumbles and interjections, has downright poetic moments of wisdom. ‘Your Own Personal Exegesis’ Review: Blessed Be the Young and Lustful 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The film is all portentous build up, with a little sputtering super-pay-off at the end. Pulling punches: why origin stories keep superhero films from soaring 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z I couldn’t follow its surging, sputtering turns; I could only feel its liberated chaos, an overwhelming brightness that felt like a staring contest with the sun. My Journey with Jazz 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z In response, there is some sputtering about political correctness and thought police, which tends to be the reaction to even the most judicious and sympathetic acts of feminist criticism. Review: ‘Garry Winogrand’ Pictures an Artist and His World 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z When the audible sputtering of oil has ceased, carefully remove the lid. Learn how to make delicious pot-stickers two ways — with meat or without 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Over a low, sputtering programmed beat and outbursts of noise and electronics, Flesh Eater’s lead singer, Zwil AR, sings hopscotching melodies reminiscent of Dirty Projectors. Meshell Ndegeocello’s Magnificent Mix, and 9 More New Songs 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z But if you are consuming yourself in the process, what is left when the fire begins to sputter? | 'The Woodmans': Self-Portrait of the Artist as a Suicide 2011-01-18T23:30:09Z Positioned around an audience arranged in a square with an aisle cut through it, the soloists exchanged trills, hisses, sputters and violent bursts. Music Review: ‘Cerchio Tagliato dei Suoni’ at the Guggenheim Museum 2012-11-21T23:01:16Z When his brakes sputter and his convertible starts spewing smoke, he picks up another Mercedes. DealBook: Living Like a Billionaire, if Only for a Day 2012-04-04T22:26:55Z And Ms. Tomei radiates chipper energy as Pony, an air of desperate cheeriness that keeps faltering, like a sparkler sputtering in the dark. Theater Review: ‘Realistic Joneses’ Stars Toni Collette and Michael C. Hall 2014-04-07T02:00:12Z Each Roy child sputters a word salad of love and hurt and fury into the phone. Material Event: Unpacking That Pivotal ‘Succession’ Episode 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z When I fly in my dreams, I don’t sputter or start or anxiously hover. When the school is the bully 2012-05-18T16:15:00Z The camera zooms in on Davidson as he swallows nervously and sputters, “Why?” A new show imagines a punk rock Shakespeare — the latest of our many fantasies about the bard 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Foreign audiences picked up the slack as domestic attendance sputtered in 2017. Box Office: 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Holds Off 'Jumanji' on New Year 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z After 9/11, the Dream Act sputtered, and Congress instead passed the Patriot Act, allocating more technology and personnel to domestic security, including surveillance along the borders. Meet the Dreamers Who Walked 1,500 Miles to Stay in America 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Finding Dory overwhelmed the sputtering sequel Independence Day: Resurgence at the US box office, on its second weekend in theaters. Finding Dory crushes Independence Day: Resurgence at US box office 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z He said all that and more in front of the judges while Laura looked on approvingly and Bert began to sputter in anger. On the Runway Blog: On Project Runway, a Team of Rivals 2011-08-26T18:59:16Z Jacobi’s Shylock sputtered with bitter vitriol, though a thick accent may not be the best choice to avoid the stereotypes associated with the character. In ‘Merchant of Venice,’ authentic music accents the Bard’s history 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z The pacing of "Filthy Rich" starts and sputters, occasionally ramping up into high gear when we hear from the detectives who worked the case. "Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich" is an important, but painfully incomplete portrait of his victims 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Over the course of two decades, the film series that almost sputtered out by its third installment had come roaring back to life with the power of a thousand NOS-fueled engines. Tracing the evolution of "The Fast and the Furious" franchise, movie by movie 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z All the bleeps, rings, loops, time delays and such of electronic music are evoked by the string players in a technically formidable, wildly varied work that evolves in sputtering sections. Music Review | JACK Quartet: At Ease in T-Shirts or Suits, and With the Medieval or Modern 2010-03-04T21:59:00Z Setrakian loses it, sputtering things like, “He was in my sights,” and smashing the Master’s coffin that he himself unwittingly crafted in a concentration camp during World War II. 'The Strain' recap: Face to face with the Master 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Most of the lines are delivered in sputtering low chants or fitful, screeching high sopranos. Music Review: Lera Auerbach’s Opera ‘The Blind’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2013-07-10T18:30:40Z This year, margins slid below 13 percent as the economy sputtered and the company spent to overhaul the California park and expand elsewhere, according to Disney's latest SEC filing. Disney steps up efforts to bring "Avengers" to parks 2012-06-15T01:09:30Z Grungy guitars, sputtering trap beats and Lil Peep’s raw-throated voice add up to a tormented, abrasive love song from the singer and rapper who died this year at 21. The 54 Best Songs of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z The Simon Cowell era of "American Idol" is sputtering to a close on Fox. 'Idol' viewership down as Cowell nears finale 2010-05-04T20:21:00Z As the tribunals sputtered, a resurgent Turkey led by Ataturk scrapped the treaty's remaining terms. Eric Bogosian's 'Operation Nemesis' chases Turkish perpetrators 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Dano is especially necessary because the romantic chemistry between the principals — not unpromising in theory — sputters out like the initial blind-date spark on an early episode of a matchmaking reality show. | 'Knight and Day': Opposites Attract: Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz 2010-06-22T22:10:00Z The cultural world began to sputter back to life this year, and in turn, so did many of us — slipping out of our sweats and into movie theaters, clubs and Broadway shows. The Breakout Stars of 2021 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z After exploding onto the scene about two decades ago, snowboarding is now sputtering in the United States, according to a recent study by RRC Associates, which tracks trends that affect the winter-resort industry. Update: Has Snowboarding Lost Its Edge? 2013-01-16T17:51:27Z What escalated weren’t consumer prices but asset prices: In the last decade, the stock market boomed while the real economy sputtered along. A Fascinating Page-Turner Made From an Unlikely Subject: Federal Reserve Policy 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Others have a full band, with Pinderhughes often playing the Rhodes, sputtering beats underneath and gossamer strings above. Samora Pinderhughes Explored Incarceration in Song. The Result Is ‘Grief.’ 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z In one extended section, the music breaks into sputtering rhythms and scratching sounds. Sphinx Virtuosi and Catalyst Quartet at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The first one started with sputtered, curt piano chords to which the violin replied with toccatalike bursts of spiraling notes. Review: John Zorn Brings Avant-Garde Style to the Stone 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Sitting in my car, I laughed, swore, sputtered. Chris Janson’s “Drunk Girl” and the Ever-Dropping Bar for Male Behavior 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Resorts are kept at bay by a lack of commercial flights and the town’s creaky infrastructure — there are no A.T.M.’s and the electricity shuts off at dawn, sputtering back on around 4 p.m. Explorer: An Aimless Sailing Trip Off Palawan in the Philippines 2012-03-09T23:12:36Z Nights, comets and stars crash and sputter in plain view above the suddenly cold earth. T Magazine: Baja Fresh 2012-11-15T20:00:49Z If you expect a Jon Stewart film to sputter with cogent rage, as Stewart often does on TV, you will be disappointed. Review: Jon Stewart's Rosewater: Laughing Through the Torture 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Amid the debate, the movie shows the screening theater's lights promptly dying; by the time a generator sputters to life, the boss is snoring loudly. Myanmar comedy shows struggle for national image 2012-05-01T13:39:08Z About 100 Afghans and foreigners gather around a makeshift stage with improvised lighting and a sputtering sound system. Afghan indie band rocks Kabul in post-Taliban era 2010-07-06T06:56:00Z "Without wishing to take anything from the professorship's venerable past, the time has surely come to douse the sputtering flames of our own traditions and step out into the dark," he rallies supporters. Race hots up 2010-05-18T12:23:00Z If it sputters, vacancy rates for both office and retail space will go up. Buying Buildings For Cash 2011-01-26T23:00:00Z But even he’s starting to falter: his “A Walk Among the Tombstones” sputtered last fall, and his latest offering, “Run All Night,” has yet to hit even $20 million after two weeks in U.S. theaters. 'The Gunman': The 'geriatric action movie' gets old 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z As the opening scene begins, needling brass riffs protrude over sputtering clusters of hard-edged chords. Review: A Long-Awaited New Opera Is a Raucous Beauty 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z We’re sputtering down the New River when the temperamental motor stalls. My rapist asked me to pray for him; I did what it took to stay alive 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z After my first sputtering screenwriting attempt, a dog-eared copy of Screenplay ever at my side, I found myself searching for new and more nuanced advice. I was a screenwriting guru groupie 2012-11-24T15:00:00Z Opera houses across Italy are canceling performances because of sputtering strikes over efforts by the government to reorganize their administration. Strikes Silence Italy?s Opera Houses 2010-05-04T23:05:00Z But without enough money or much public enthusiasm, the plan sputtered. Charleston Needs That African American Museum. And Now. 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z When the car did work, we had the windows down, sputtering along and baking in the heat. Trevor Noah: The First Time I Drove a Car. (I Was 6.) 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Steven Spielberg, film rebel, sputtered at the lens in mock fury and disbelief. Holiday Movies: The Season of Spielberg 2011-10-28T16:42:47Z His quintet uses the studio as an instrument; guitars and keyboards don’t sound quite like themselves, but more like alien creations that cough, sputter, purr and disintegrate before our ears. Album review: thenewno2, 'thefearofmissingout' 2012-07-30T16:36:00Z The first season of the show, which burst past any comparisons to the tortured doctor character Laurie played on “House,” was critically acclaimed, while the second season seemed to sputter with viewers. Watch Hugh Laurie as a luxury space cruise captain in HBO’s farcical “Avenue 5” trailer 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z I ripped the cord and sputtered off, back into my perfected routine. He liked to mow his own lawn. Until the ‘helpful’ neighbor came along There is just a hint of hesitancy at the start, with percussively repeated notes and sputtered trills. Review: A Carnegie Recital Pushes the Piano to Its Limits 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z What follows is an entertaining journey in Parini’s sputtering used car. A Road Trip With One of the 20th Century’s Greatest Writers 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z The ominous music hurtles forward with an insistent accompaniment figure in the orchestra, as Alfredo, the Baron and Flora exchange sputtered phrases. Toscanini and Giulini Put Their Mark on ?Traviata? 2010-04-04T21:37:00Z The minute I tried to commit them to paper, or otherwise turn them into something tangible, my imagination coughed and sputtered like the cheap Renault convertible my girlfriend drove in college. Riff: ‘Be Wrong as Fast as You Can’ 2013-01-06T08:07:03Z He stops by a construction site, an uproar of drills sputtering, metal clanking, trucks beeping. At 85, choreographer Rudy Perez is still inspired by the rhythms of everyday life 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The piece concludes with a jerky, sputtering fugue. Music Review: Ran Dank and Soyeon Kate Lee Performed Days Before Marriage 2013-09-04T18:56:21Z This droopy, rusting, sputtering joke of a metaphor is also at the heart of an inwardly expressive story that resonates with depth and grace. 'Bass Ackwards': Salvation through a VW van 2010-06-11T00:01:00Z Pressure builds in a protracted sequence of sputtering lobby lights, leaky fixtures, dying dowagers, the assault itself and the hysteria of the young girl. Review: ‘37,’ a Fictional Retelling of the Kitty Genovese Story 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Skinner starts “The Opposite” by himself, with a sputtering, shifty funk beat that’s soon topped by an accumulation of overlapping, stop-start guitar riffs, each one adding a new bit of disorientation. My Chemical Romance’s Prog-Emo Surprise, and 12 More New Songs 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Even with a skeletal lineup, the rhythmic drive was formidable as syncopations volleyed between clattering cowbells and sputtering bass drums. Music Review: New Orleans and Brazil Bring Beats to Lincoln Center 2013-08-04T20:34:34Z As the work begins, a solo flute plays stray phrases and sputtered repetitions of a single pitch, a motif that keeps being repeated as the work goes on. Music Review: Salzburg Festival Features Wolfgang Rihm 2010-07-30T22:59:00Z He obliviously patronizes further during his Christmas-dinner blessing, sputtering some gibberish about how women — wives, daughters, mothers — are dear to him for all they do all year: “baking and whatnot.” ArtsBeat: 'Big Love' Watch: Two Faces of Bill Henrickson 2011-01-31T15:49:30Z That he sang with a virile sound and sputtering intensity lent intriguing ambiguity to his portrayal. Music Review: Reimagining Wagner’s ‘Meistersinger’ at Salzburg Festival 2013-08-05T21:45:01Z Drumbeats lurch and sputter amid eerie, amorphous electronic sounds; instruments like guitars or pianos are relegated to the far distance. T Bone Burnett Wants to Make Music to Heal Shrinking Attention Spans 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z A restless section full of sputtered outbursts leads to a frenetic episode involving clapping. Review: ‘The public domain’ Beats the Heat and Humidity 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Until “The Silent Wife,” Ms. Harrison’s attempts at fiction had sputtered out. The Novel ‘Silent Wife’ Benefits From Success of ‘Gone Girl’ 2013-08-04T21:53:54Z Whether or not there's merit to Kendall's vision for the rebranding Waystar could undergo if they remove Logan and take charge, it's clear he doesn't actually embody the values he's sputtering. Succession's Kendall Roy is the perfect #Girlboss caricature 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z When crossed, Ginny flounces and says inappropriate things; when upset, Lot goes rigid and sputters and spits. ‘Corsicana’ Review: Four Lost Hearts in the Heart of Texas 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Before the fumes, the flapping newspapers and the cacophonous soundtrack of city life: barriers beeping, doors hissing, exhaust fumes sputtering. Cities in summer are like 28 Days Later, magically emptied of people | Hannah Jane Parkinson 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The piteous truth is this funeral party might really be held for almost any of the characters, whose lives have crashed and burned, sputtered and stalled, or become mired in confusion, disappointment, addiction. Review: ‘Airline Highway’ Is a Portrait of the Underclass of New Orleans 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z A three-wheeled utility vehicle sputtered by with a small payload of sheep. Morocco, From Coast to Desert 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z It was about then that the intercom sputtered with our first train mystery. A Writing Retreat by Rail, From Paris to the Côte d’Azur 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z When the banter sputters, there is always the glorious scenery along the Trans-Canada Highway to divert you. Review: ‘Cas & Dylan,’ a Road Movie Starring Richard Dreyfuss 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Not just the beard itself but the whole ensemble of heavy coat, big boots and huge dramatic hat with lighted matches sputtering beneath the rim struck such terror in his victims that resistance fell away. Hello World: Where Design Meets Life by Alice Rawsthorn – review 2013-05-10T13:00:03Z The U.S. economy may be sputtering, but it is not spent and other powers, from China to the European Union, face their own significant problems. 'The Reckoning': Straight talk about America's big challenges 2012-05-23T20:19:04Z He’s seen piecemeal legislation from his colleagues in the lower chamber sputter and die. For Tex. congressman, Obama’s immigration plan is both ‘noble’ and ‘terrible’ The texts are delivered in sputtered, sometimes half-spoken words, alternating with eerily elongated lines. Music Review: Conjuring Up Wondrous Sounds 2010-11-21T22:44:00Z The writer-director's previous work, the beguiling "Frances Ha," sustained its premise and its interests throughout; this one begins wonderfully but sputters around the midpoint. Quality may be casualty of film fest war 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z There are bustling rhythmic figurations and whole passages built from ascending, sputtering scale motifs. Christopher Rouse and EarShot Premieres From Philharmonic 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z I sputtered, hoping Tourette’s wasn’t an early sign of infection. Is it cancer?: My paranoid health scares 2014-04-27T00:00:00Z A number of jests splat, and some bits, especially in the overlong “Richard III” parody, confuse, sputter or slow down the laugh engine. Shakespeare meets Dickens in ‘Holiday of Errors’ 2013-12-12T05:21:04Z Even as a Lifetime-esque soap, “What Remains” sputters, lacking any of the sensational twists to allow itself to sink into enjoyable pulp. ‘What Remains’ Review: Murder Thriller Without the Thrills 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The problem, he explained, was that the surging market for the collectibles might begin to sputter. One Year After Beeple, the NFT Has Changed Artists. Has It Changed Art? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Compared to this bare-knuckle confrontational style, Springer started to look even more like a clapped-out sideshow; miraculously, his show managed to lumber on until 2018 before finally sputtering out. How The Jerry Springer Show splashed around in humanity’s worst excesses 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z If one of those engines sputters, what happens next? What Does the End of Yeezy Mean for the Sneakerverse? 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The two dozen or so golden brown dumplings, stuffed with beef and chopped vegetables, bubbled and sputtered. Conquering High-Priced Shanghai, From Dumplings to Modern Art 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Later in the novel, Adelaide reacts angrily to Joe’s interference with one of her patients and sputters, “Why can’t you mind your own business, Clever Clogs?” ‘Diana’s Altar’ by Barbara Cleverly beckons fans of P.D. James 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z In Sheibani's jerky production the action doesn't flow but sputters, so that what is presented is less a play than a series of expostulations. This House; Scenes from an Execution; Damned by Despair – review 2012-10-13T23:06:27Z “Solstice” begins teasingly, with a skipping theme in strangely sputtered phrases played by one-half of the orchestra. Review: Ensemble LPR Plays, With Central Park as an Inspiration 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z She sputtered, I froze and our collision was spectacularly awkward.” Cultural Studies: Social Kissing, Welcome or Not 2012-07-20T20:12:21Z If I were still teaching, I’d leave my tattered copy by the sputtering Xerox machine. ‘The Teacher Wars,’ Dana Goldstein’s History of Education 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z The civil rights movement in these pages sputters while it marches into yet another new South and charts progress that fails to change the fundamental shape of power. The Civil Rights Stories We Need to Remember 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z As the biker pleads for his life, sputtering apologies, the menacing figure puts an exterminator’s spray gun in the biker’s mouth and pulls the trigger, poisoning him to death. ‘Tailgate’ Review: Retribution for Road Rage 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z The story, which starts promisingly only to stop, restart, sputter and come to a wheezing, disappointing puff of nada, proves the least satisfying part of the whole. | 'Vanishing on 7th Street': Disappearing People, Leaving a Lot of Clothes Behind 2011-02-17T23:09:46Z At Purple Patch, vinegar and lemon juice infuse the meaty scramble, introduced by a cloud of steam and angry sputter, with serious tang. Purple Patch review: Where the spark of Filipino cooking charms 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z A small boat will sputter over to carry you to an idyllic Sunday afternoon — also known as Scilly Cay. What to Do in Anguilla 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The rest of “Muna” is filled with fizzy songs about twirling through gay bars and rollerblading through the night that barrel over slick, sputtering synths. Muna’s Fresh Start 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Football players began to kneel during the national anthem; the country’s chief TV watcher sputtered at the ingratitude. Perspective | Was 2017 the end of something or just the beginning? 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z When one Brown child came out as gay and then as transgender, the family’s reaction was to sputter a little and then hug the young adult and offer support. Perspective | I watched ‘Sister Wives’ for years. Now it’s finally paid off. 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z I sputtered something about the integrity of the black church. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z Or, like my brother, sputtering in petulant indignation. TIME Plays the Game of Thrones, and Lives to Tell the Tale 2012-03-30T15:16:49Z As such, every new batch of American Horror Story episodes begins bizarre and thrilling, only to eventually sputter into total incoherence about seven or eight hours in. How True Blood's supernatural hedonism changed genre television 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Imagine the muezzin’s call to prayer in Cairo, the sputter of Vespas on an Italian piazza or the roar of Niagara Falls. Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Sound Book,’ by Trevor Cox 2014-04-23T21:57:24Z Things hardly improved when I sputtered a comment about her new boyfriend, the hotelier André Balazs, whom she has been dating since January. Main Course: Comedy With a Side of Disgust 2011-05-20T21:11:50Z “There was an energy of joyful misbehavior in the face of tragedy that pervaded that era,” Ms. Goodman said, as a smoke machine sputtered over the open bar. Waiting for the Jonas Brothers 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Whether it’s a car or a love affair, I will hang on and let it sputter and spit and whine as long as it doesn’t die. He liked to mow his own lawn. Until the ‘helpful’ neighbor came along At patient intake, my blood pressure was dangerously low and my heart rate had slowed to a sputtering crawl. In Matters of the Heart, We’re in This Together 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Flipper’s opened with great fanfare in 1979 and sputtered to its end three years later in a welter of code violations, fines and, finally, looting. Sex, Drugs and Roller Skates 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The piano surges with Lisztian tremolos, and the soprano part alternates jaunty sputtering with high lyrical flights. Music Review: David Del Tredici and Courtenay Budd at Symphony Space 2012-03-16T21:20:23Z Once the garlic starts sputtering, slide in the bread. How to dig out of your next salad rut (plus, a panzanella recipe fit for a hearty lunch) 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z His specialties were ineptitude and exasperation; he played sputtering bumblers, impatient authority figures, Clouseau-like cops. Lionel Jeffries, British Character Actor, Dies at 83 2010-02-20T06:06:00Z Some Republicans have grown to like the president, while others see him as a sputtering but steerable vehicle for their legislative agenda. Bob Corker is free to speak his mind about Trump. If he could only make it up. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z He rode a Maryland Hunt Cup-winning horse to victory in England’s Grand National in 1980 — the commentator sputtering in shock to see an “American banker” outriding Britain’s professional jockeys. Maryland’s Hunt Cup, the country’s most challenging horse race, bets on its future 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z But the music conveying this image seemed anything but rudderless, with slashing, dissonant piano chords, toccata-like streams of rushing notes from the violin, and buzzes and sputters from the cello. Review: The Hazy Mysteries of Love at Lincoln Center 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Water shot straight up my nose and I surfaced, coughing and sputtering. Wildlife galore in the Bahamas, where the whole world’s a park 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s the kind of show that has something for everyone, especially if you are a fan of sputtering, natural-sounding dialogue that produces the opposite effect, by making everyone sound not real, yet still supercharming. Riff: Why Is That Nice Girl From ?Friday Night Lights? Fighting a Bunch of Ninjas? 2012-03-09T19:22:00Z The album’s second single, “Good Time,” sputtered on the Billboard charts. Carly Rae Jepsen and the Rise of the “Mindie” Artist 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z He did not win his arguments over presentation, and a percentage for the poets, and the venture sputtered out. John Rety obituary 2010-03-18T18:22:00Z Studios need a strong holiday season to regain lost ground at a time when the U.S. economy is sputtering. Box office heading toward record despite economy 2011-08-17T18:03:09Z She and others got together and launched First Friday art walks, which drew crowds of newcomers until the economy sputtered in 2008 and many of the galleries closed. Honolulu’s Chinatown has been revived with a focus on arts, dining and shopping 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z |
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