| Trying to scramble back onto the bank all grace aside, she kicked and spluttered. |
| And from the deep bowels of the ship, an engine coughed, spluttered and finally came on with a roar. |
| Now, the coals of the campfire had burned low and, in the big skillet, rabbit legs and thick bacon rashers spluttered. |
| It's the kind of phrase that is spluttered out through a spray of pink gin or in a drizzle of descending real ale. |
| Or at least I would have spluttered over my cornflakes if I could eat cornflakes, or toast, or even a nibble of a Rich Tea biscuit. |
| Alex dropped the plate she was washing into the basin and spluttered as the soapy water splashed in her face, stinging her eyes. |
