Now, the coals of the campfire had burned low and, in the big skillet, rabbit legs and thick bacon rashers spluttered. |
He opened the throttle but the engine merely coughed and spluttered several times. |
He'd driven the van around aimlessly until it had run out of fuel and spluttered and died. |
I gave a gasping cry and began breathing heavily, then choked and spluttered for his benefit. |
It's the kind of phrase that is spluttered out through a spray of pink gin or in a drizzle of descending real ale. |
But once, trying to answer a question thrown at him, he choked and spluttered on a treacle toffee. |